| Accession Number | P06424.006 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Egypt: North Egypt, Mena |
| Date made | 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Outdoor group portrait of nine soldiers of the 6th Battalion on top of the Great Pyramid of ...
Description
Outdoor group portrait of nine soldiers of the 6th Battalion on top of the Great Pyramid of Cheops, Egypt. Identified from left to right, back row: 2055 (Private) Reginald James Rossiter from North Carlton, Victoria (killed in action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915); 143 Pte Reginald Thronton Watson from Fitzroy, Victoria (killed in action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915); 63 Pte Thomas Hewett Boyd from Alphington, Victoria (later Lieutenant and killed in action in Belgium on 4 October 1917) [see image H05600]; 66 Pte John Brown from North Fitzroy, Victoria (killed in action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915); and 64 Pte Francis Patrick Brennan from Oakleigh, Victoria (killed in action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915).
Front row: 84 Pte Charles William Fossett from Abbotsford, Victoria (wounded in action at Gallipoli but continued to serve and returned to Australia in November 1918); 51 Corporal Herbert Maurice Robertshaw from North Carlton, Victoria (killed in action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915) [see image DAOD0230]; 2019 Pte Neil Wells from Footscray, Victoria (died of wounds received at Gallipoli on 10 June 1915); and 148 Pte James Harold Ryan from Northcote, Victoria (killed in action at Gallipoli on 7 August 1915). Of the nine soldiers in this image, eight died during the war and five of those were killed in action on the first day at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915.