| Accession Number | P10885.082 |
|---|---|
| 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
|
Sergeant Davies and 212 Private James Henry Rathgeber, 39th Battalion, stand near a shell hole on ...
Description
Sergeant Davies and 212 Private James Henry Rathgeber, 39th Battalion, stand near a shell hole on the Western Front "which only a few minutes before was a dugout."
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.