Informal group portrait of soldiers returning to Australia from the 2nd Australian Stationary ...

Accession Number P09445.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made At sea
Date made November 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Informal group portrait of soldiers returning to Australia from the 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital unit aboard HMAT Port Darwin. Soldiers known to be in this group, but position unknown, include 1230 Sergeant (Sgt) William Harvey (Harvie) Hilton, 1202 Sgt James Garfield Adams, 1213 Private (Pte) Fred Cass, 1254 Pte Herbert Llewellyn Garland, 1274 Sgt George Ralph Thomas, 1216 Pte Albert Edgar Foden, 1280 Pte Roy Wall, 1239 Lance Corporal Thomas Kerr, 1247 Pte Thomas Robert Medley, 1236 Corporal (Cpl) Henry Hope, 1234 Pte James Horswill, 1264 Cpl Vivian Shipton, 1260 Warrant Officer (W/O) Roy Rowe, and unidentified Jack Thomson. The soldiers are dressed casually in shirts and pants with drying garments tied to the railing of the ship.