| Accession Number | P07654.003 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Digital file TIFF |
| Maker |
McGeehan, R W |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | c 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 395B, Private (Pte) (later Sergeant) John Stanley Braddick, 2nd Machine Gun ...
Description
Studio portrait of 395B, Private (Pte) (later Sergeant) John Stanley Braddick, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, of Eastwood, SA, sitting behind a Vickers Maxim machine gun. Formerly a horticulturist, Pte Braddick enlisted on 1 June 1916 and as a member of the 5th Reinforcements he embarked from Melbourne, Vic, aboard HMAT Commonwealth (A73) on 19 September 1916. He served on the Western Front and as a Lance Corporal he was awarded the Military Medal on 2 May 1918. He returned to Australia on 7 July 1919. Other images from this studio which display this machine gun prop include P04684.002; P06012.001; P06493.001; P11519.008 and P11519.010.