Accession Number | P04784.003 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | c 1914 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Informal portrait of 137 Second Corporal (2Cpl) Owen Kevin Hughes, 8th Field Company Engineers, ...
Description
Informal portrait of 137 Second Corporal (2Cpl) Owen Kevin Hughes, 8th Field Company Engineers, of West Footscray, Vic, in the trenches at Gallipoli. The man on the left is unidentified. Hughes was an electrician and plumber prior to enlisting on 21 August 1914, and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Orvieto on 21 October 1914 with the 2nd Field Company Engineers. He returned to Australia on 5 April 1919. This is a rare example of an Australian serviceman wearing his breeches loose with no puttees.