Back entrance Henecourt Chateaux

Place Europe: France
Accession Number ART12269
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 20 x 13 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pen and ink wash on paper
Maker Marsh, Jeremy Taylor
Place made France
Date made 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

Depticts the back entrance to Henecourt Chateaux, one of the Headquarters for the 1st Australian Division during the First World War. The artist, Lieutenant Colonel Jeremy Taylor Marsh, was part of the Divisional Train with the 1st Australian Division. He landed on 25 April 1915 at Gallipoli and went onto to serve in Egypt and France until he was discharged in 1919. He was appointed a Companion Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) from King George V in 1916.

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