| Accession Number | P10550.052 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Glass original postcard negative |
| Maker |
Thuillier, Louis |
| Place made | France: Picardie, Somme, Vignacourt |
| Date made | c January 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives, taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the period 1916 to 1918.
Description
Portrait of two members of the 51st Battalion. Identified on the left is 2616 Private Edward Higgins. Later promoted to lance corporal, Edward Higgins was wounded twice in France before being killed in action on Anzac Day, in 1918. His brother, John Murray Higgins, who was in the same battalion, had been killed 10 months earlier. The soldier on the right is possibly Indigenous and is unidentified.
From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives. Taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the period 1916 to 1918.