| Places | |
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| Accession Number | E01616 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Glass original whole plate negative |
| Maker |
Unknown Australian Official Photographer |
| Place made | France: Nord Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais, Desvres |
| Date made | 6 January 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Desvres, France. 6 January 1918. Group portrait of the 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery in the ...
Description
Desvres, France. 6 January 1918. Group portrait of the 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery in the snow at Desvres. Left to right, back row: 2915 Private (Pte) C. H. G. Draper; 3243 Pte L. J. Kilsby; 3010 Lance Corporal (LCpl) H. J. Reid; 15048 Pte H. Horne; 3868 Pte Ray Newton Ridley (died of wounds 9 July 1918); 2660 Pte L. Hanrahan; 3394 Pte J. Rowlands; 2724 Pte J. B. Phillips; 2483 Pte H. Martin; 2021 Pte R. O. Evans; 2321 Pte W. G. De Boar; 964 Pte J. R. Rich; 1012 Pte R. Morehead; 3003 Pte A. C. Pegrum; 3786 Pte H. O. Chesson; 1828 Pte J. A. Mortimore; 1187 Pte J. J. Doughty. Third row: 5128 Pte L. A. Sedunary; 2004 Pte Gordon Cooper (died of disease 27 November 1918); 3773 Pte H. Barry; 3569 Pte J. J. Harper; 4099 LCpl S. O'Sullivan; 2066 Pte J. Kelynack; 4382 Pte R. Thornbury; 2605 Pte P. R. Casey; 2492 Pte W. P. Dolan; 4051 LCpl L. D. Doyle; 3662 Pte Vincent Patrick Wase (died of wounds 27 August 1918); 2349 Pte C. M. Hooper; 901 Pte John Archibald Cameron (died of disease 26 November 1918); 1377 Pte J. T. Byatt; 2767 Pte W. Trewella; 2314 Pte A. C. Curtis; 2115 Pte C. E. McCarthy. Second row: 2605 Pte H. N. Miles; 648 Pte C. Dodds; 2153 Pte J. Self; 2915 Pte T. Doyle MM; 662 Corporal (Cpl) W, Edeson MM; 1054 Cpl J. Christian; 413 Cpl G. Cain; 2080 Sergeant (Sgt) D. M. Rueben DCM MM; Lieutenant J. R. Ransom (killed in action); 713 Sgt C. H. Last; 1305 Sgt C. G. Lavender; 3801 Cpl E. F. Feely MM; 1093 Cpl D. G. Yuile; 1693 Pte T. M. Johnson; 837 Pte Harry Colin Booth (died of wounds 10 June 1918); 2015 Pte S. A. Deards MM; 3232 Pte L. M. Gasperino; 3681 Pte L. Burns; 2922 Pte A. B. Ellingham. Front row: 1009 Pte H. W. White; 2936 Pte J. S. Garry; 2946 Pte B. Smith; 4112 Pte F. D. Stokes; 2934A Pte W. R. Davis; 3521 Pte George James Brown (died of wounds 2 June 1918); 2956 Pte T. A. McDonald; 2178 Pte H. Winsor; 1412 Pte E. McFadyen; 3549 Pte S. Downey; 2033 Pte C. F. Kerr; 194 Cpl H. A. Eggins; 648 Pte W. H. Daymond Belgian Croix de Guerre; 2870 Cpl C. Alcorn; 1764A Pte G. Cowan; 2592 Pte T. H. Davis; 4098 Pte Christian Oswald Nielsen (killed in action 19 March 1918); 3376 Cpl E. Hillier. Note the three Stokes Mortars in the foreground.