| Accession Number | P08264.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Marchants Studio |
| Place made | Australia: South Australia, Gawler |
| Date made | c 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Informal portrait of ten soldiers, all "Gawler Boys" aboard the troopship HMAT Commonwealth ...
Description
Informal portrait of ten soldiers, all "Gawler Boys" aboard the troopship HMAT Commonwealth (A73). Top row from left to right: 2594 Private (Pte) Goodwin John Draper, 5th Pioneer Battalion, of Gawler, SA; 2705 Pte Frederick Roberts, 5th Pioneer Battalion of Culburra, SA; unidentified; 2434 Pte Harry Stewart, 5th Pioneer Battalion, of Gawler, SA, killed in action at Bapaume, France, on 11 April 1917. Middle row left to right: 2605 Pte George William Gwynne, 5th Pioneer Battalion, of Gawler, SA; unidentified; possibly 2682 Pte Joseph Williams, 5th Pioneer Battalion, of Port Adelaide, SA. Front row left to right: possibly 2425 Pte Harold Ernest Johnson, 5th Battalion of South Welland, SA; possibly 2448 Pte (wearing Corporal's stripes) Hector Roy MacKenzie, 50th Battalion, of St Peter, SA; 2687 Pte John Lawrence Tierney, 5th Pioneer Battalion, of Gawler, SA. The group embarked from Adelaide on 21 September 1916 and arrived in Plymouth, England, on 14 November 1916. Several of the soldiers were from the town of Gawler, SA. On the back of the photograph is written: " 'Gawler Boys' per Commonwealth 21.9.16 "