Accession Number | P11294.012 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Digital file |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | South Africa |
Date made | c 1901 |
Conflict |
South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War) |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Informal portrait of Warrant Officer (later Lieutenant) Bertram Alexander Gordon Watts (left), ...
Description
Informal portrait of Warrant Officer (later Lieutenant) Bertram Alexander Gordon Watts (left), 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles and an unidentified soldier. Watts later served in the First World War, was awarded a DSO in 1916, and attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col), 4th Field Artillery Brigade. Lt Col Watts was killed in action on 10 April 1917.