LONDON, ENGLAND, 1918-05. STUDIO PORTRAIT OF CAPTAIN GEORGE MEYSEY HAMMOND MC, MM, PROBABLY JUST ...

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Accession Number P01228.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
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LONDON, ENGLAND, 1918-05. STUDIO PORTRAIT OF CAPTAIN GEORGE MEYSEY HAMMOND MC, MM, PROBABLY JUST BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE FOR THE SOMME, WHERE HE WAS AWARDED A BAR TO HIS MC FOR HEROISM AT MORLANCOURT, DYING OF WOUNDS 1918-06-14. HE IS WEARING AN OFFICER'S CAP OF BRITISH MANUFACTURE. (ORIGINAL IN AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL ARCHIVAL STORE). (PHOTOGRAPHER T. LANGFORD (?), LONDON. DONOR M. MOORE)