Portrait of navy and army members in the office of Mr A T Sharp. Lieutenant (Lt) Douglas Bull, ...

Place Europe: United Kingdom, England, Greater London, London
Accession Number J00689
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Unknown
Place made United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Portrait of navy and army members in the office of Mr A T Sharp. Lieutenant (Lt) Douglas Bull, RN; 7851 Corporal and later Lieutenant Cyril Percy, MM, of South Yarra Vic; and Engineer Lieutenant Reg Bull, RN. Lt Bull, enlisted on 7 October 1915 in the 4th Machine Gun Battalion and returned to Australia on 23 July 1919. As Corporal Bull of the 13th Field Ambulance he was awarded the Military Medal on 4 October 1917. From the collection of Mr Alfred Thomas Sharp. Mr Sharp was the Commonwealth Immigration Officer of Victoria and was based in the London Office during the First World War. He and his wife hosted and visited many soldiers, particularly those from Victoria, who were recuperating in London. He also photographed many Australian graves in English cemeteries. His photograph collection relating to this period in London was bequeathed to the Memorial in 1922 after his death. During his time in London he was a member of the British Volunteer Regiment, serving with the Willesden Battalion, Middlesex Volunteer Regiment.