8th Reinforcements of the 31st Battalion, company drill. Image shows long lines of men in full ...

Accession Number P06276.053
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Kitchener Studio
Place made Australia: Queensland, Brisbane, Enoggera
Date made 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

8th Reinforcements of the 31st Battalion, company drill. Image shows long lines of men in full kit marching at Thompson's Paddock camp, Enoggera, Brisbane. 'Methodist Church Soldier's Rest Tent' visible off to the right of the image, with accommodation tents and homestead visible in the background. Image from the collection of Major Charles Gehrmann, who served in the Boer War with the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen 1901-1902; with the 9th Australian Infantry Regiment (the Moreton Regiment) 1910-1921, and a Major in AIF camps in Brisbane during the First World War.

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