Josiah Barnes collection of First World War negatives and prints

Accession Number PB0508
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Barnes, Josiah
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Port Melbourne
Date made 18 September 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Members of the 5th Reinforcements, 2nd Pioneer Battalion prior to boarding HMAT Karroo (A10). Identified by the names on their kitbags are: second row, standing between two soldiers holding flags: 2762 Private (Pte) John Thomas Oliver, and kneeling front row far right and holding a flag: 2578 Pte Ernest Thomas Butters.

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