| Accession Number | P10885.044 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | c 1916-1919 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
An outdoor portrait of nine Australian soldiers posed with a captured German MG08 machinegun, ...
Description
An outdoor portrait of nine Australian soldiers posed with a captured German MG08 machinegun, each draped with ammunition belts. 1010 Sergeant George Edgar Watkins sits second from the right.
An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from Blackburn, Victoria, enlisted on 10 February 1916. He served with the 39th Battalion throughout the war, as a Battalion scout in France and Belgium.