"The two comrades". Studio portrait of an indigenous soldier, 7685 Private (Pte) Norman Baird ...

P11519.001
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Accession Number P11519.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made 1917-1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
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Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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"The two comrades". Studio portrait of an indigenous soldier, 7685 Private (Pte) Norman Baird (left), and 7846 Pte Benjamin Dallow, both of the 9th Battalion. Pte Baird, a miner from Cooktown, Queensland prior to enlistment and Pte Dallow a well sinker from Woodend, Queensland prior to enlistment, embarked with the 26th Reinforcements from Sydney on HMAT Euripides on 31 October 1917. Pte Baird later transferred to the 15th Battalion with the service number 7685A and then to the Australian Veterinary Hospital before returning to Australia on 19 April 1919. Pte Dallow who had previously been rejected for service on medical grounds, served in England before returning to Australia on 11 December 1918. This image is from the collection of 507 Pte John Thomas Frederickson, 2nd Machine Gun Company.

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