| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | H12840 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Place made | Pacific Islands: Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Kabakaul |
| Date made | September 1914 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Staff on board HMAT Berrima watching the disembarkment of the Australian Naval and Military ...
Description
Staff on board HMAT Berrima watching the disembarkment of the Australian Naval and Military Expedition Force at Kabakaul. From left to right: Colonel William Holmes (later Major General CMG DSO VD); Lieutenant Colonel William Walker Russell Watson (later Colonel CMG VD CB); Colonel John Paton (later CB VD CMG); Captain Sydney Percival Goodsell (later Major French Croix de Guerre). Major General Holmes, a Boer War veteran, was later killed in action in France on 2 July 1917, aged 55, and was buried in the Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France.