| Accession Number | PB0708 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Glass original half plate negative |
| Maker |
Barnes, Josiah |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Port Melbourne |
| Date made | 23 December 1916 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Josiah Barnes collection of First World War negatives and prints
Description
A large group of soldiers of the 9th Reinforcements, 14th Machine Gun Company, waiting to board the troopship RMS Orontes. Identified left to right: Front row: unidentified soldier crouching, holding a flag; middle soldier with folders under his arm wearing four stripes and a crown on his sleeve, possibly signifying that he is a staff sergeant. Next row: possibly 546 Private (Pte) (Acting Corporal) Leonard Ives Watmough, clerk of Wollenstencraft, NSW; unidentified; 557 Sidney Thomas Keirnan, of Waverley, NSW; 557 Pte Robert Burns Brown, of Kiama, NSW; two unidentified; 564 Pte Oscar Victor Sanders, of Macksville, NSW; unidentified; 569 Pte Harold Wilmot, of Surry Hills, NSW; two unidentified; unidentified with a dark kitbag; eight unidentified. Pte Wilmot died of wounds on 11 June 1918 in France as a member of the Australian Machine Gun Corps, 2nd Battalion, aged 28 years.