| Accession Number | P07992.002 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Belgium: Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Poperinghe |
| Date made | August 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of four members of the 13th Field Artillery Brigade. Identified left to right: ...
Description
Studio portrait of four members of the 13th Field Artillery Brigade. Identified left to right: back row: 2046 Signaller (Sig) Rosslyn Ewart Henderson (originally of the 5th Battalion, returned to Australia 31 July 1918); 1816 Sig Reginald Love Simpson (originally 7th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia on 22 May 1919). Front row: 6504 Corporal (Cpl) Wilfred Harold Ramsden; 360A Bdr Anthony Graham Mosely (originally Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, awarded the Military Medal (MM) in July 1918, returned to Australia on 8 April 1919. Cpl Ramsden embarked with Reinforcements to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital on 22 November 1915. He later transferred to the 13th Field Artillery Brigade. In January 1918 he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) and in January 1919, the MM. On 9 November 1918, prior to his award of the MM, he died of wounds and bronchopneumonia and is buried in the Etretat Churchyard Extension Cemetery. He was 29 years of age.