| Accession Number | P03010.006 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Colour - Toned black & white print |
| Maker |
Thiel, Fred W |
| Place made | Australia: Queensland, Brisbane |
| Date made | c 1919 |
| Conflict |
Period 1910-1919 First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Outdoor group portrait of men who worked at Hoffnung & Co Ltd, Brisbane, Queensland and who ...
Description
Outdoor group portrait of men who worked at Hoffnung & Co Ltd, Brisbane, Queensland and who served in the First World War. Identified from left to right, back row: 371 Cpl Arthur Mirls; 3885 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Mathias Byers Oxlade; 5052 L Cpl Leonard Bolton; 3914 Pte Josiah Solomon; Trooper (Tpr) J. Flannagan; 6830 Pte Clifford Reginald Marwick; Driver C Geogehan (probably 25455 Driver Charles Geoghegan); 1613 Pte George Albert Reuter; Pte T Stewart; 2870 Pte James Vercoe Solomon, MM; and 3767 Pte Harold McGavin.
Second row: Pte J Walker; Cpl J Mackay; 324 L Cpl Charles William Seales; 1696 Cpl Vivian Claude Sneyd MM and Bar; Driver (Dvr) G Price; Pte L Gwyther; 509 Gunner (Gnr) Anthony James Sewell; Cpl S Hartridge; and 1035 Cpl John Ellis Thompson, MM (wearing a Silver Wound Medal on his jacket lapel).
Front row (sitting): Sgt H Carter; 1665 Sgt Andrew Roderick McDowal, MM (wearing two wound stripes); Lieutenant (Lt) Richard Bentley Salisbury, MC (wearing two wound stripes), E R Isaacs (Manager), Lt John McDermott; 4166 Sgt Ernest Patrick Cleary; and Sgt J Jones.
Other men who served, but are absent from the photograph are 34626 Gnr Thomas John Jewell; 3768 Pte Thomas James McHugh; 5128 Pte John Hedges; Pte J Doyle; 5341 Pte Samuel Geary; Pte H White; 6679 Pte Norman Alexander Stiller; 4214 Pte Allen John Keiler (died of wounds on 25 July 1916); 2682 Pte William Solomon (killed in action 23 August 1918); Captain (Capt) James Edward Herbert MC, (died of wounds 17 April 1918); 2978 Pte Robert John Patterson (died of wounds 12 June 1917).