| Accession Number | P08933.002 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Pirot-Schwartz, H |
| Place made | Belgium: Wallonie, Namur, Dinant |
| Date made | 25 December 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Group portrait of 50th Battalion Headquarters Signallers, just after Christmas dinner. The title ...
Description
Group portrait of 50th Battalion Headquarters Signallers, just after Christmas dinner. The title on the verso of the postcard reads 'Mabel Harding's Dramatic Coy', a humorous reference to the Mabel Hardinge Dramatic Company which toured Australia. Standing at rear, not all positions confirmed: C S Avery (probably far left); 2437 Private (Pte) Samuel George Scoble (2nd from left); 2962 Pte Samuel Claude Nicholls (probably 3rd from left); 4184 Pte Karl Greenberg (5th from left, slightly behind Hawkes); 3841Pte Herbert James Smart; M(?) Pearson; 2707 Sergeant Roy Milne Hawkes (4th from left); Lieutenant Harding (7th from left); W D Johns; 1681 Corporal William Garrick; Pte Samuel Joseph Greenwood. Second row, crouching: 348 Pte Wilfred Ernest Northcott; 6171 Pte Harold Willis White; and 3444 Pte Hurtle Vincent Pike MM. Front row: 3189 Pte Gilbert Vernon Kimber; 6115 Pte Edward Coleman Mugge; and 3243 Pte Stanley Russell Carter.