| Accession Number | P08808.003 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Colour - Toned black & white print |
| Maker |
Samuels Ltd |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London |
| Date made | c September 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 3388 Private (Pte) Gordon Lionel Schmahl, 39th Battalion. A blacksmith, and a ...
Description
Studio portrait of 3388 Private (Pte) Gordon Lionel Schmahl, 39th Battalion. A blacksmith, and a member of the 8th Reinforcements , he embarked, along with his brother 3374 Pte Victor Hugo Schmahl, a grocer's assistant, and both of Hampton, Victoria, aboard HMAT Wiltshire (A18), leaving from Sydney on 2 February 1918. The brothers had joined the Sportsmens Thousand, a unit comprised of men recruited through a campaign to attract enlistments assciated with sports; their attestation form describes the unit as the Fifth Sports Unit. After periods of training in England, Pte Schmahl arrived in France in July 1918 and was taken on strength with the 46th Battalion. In September 1918 he received a shot wound to the left arm and was invalided to England. He returned to Australia in January 1919.