| Accession Number | P11561.021 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Melba Studio |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
| Date made | February 1916 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of Captain-Chaplain James Wilson, Chaplain to the Mining Corps. On his return to ...
Description
Studio portrait of Captain-Chaplain James Wilson, Chaplain to the Mining Corps. On his return to Australia in September 1917, Captain-Chaplain Wilson spent several years delivering illustrated lectures on the war. One of a series of photographic portraits received by Melvie Millicent Gill through her correspondence with Australian servicemen during the First World War. Melvie Gill was born on 23 March 1897 in Jones Island, NSW. In her late teens during the war she corresponded regularly with Australian soldiers and in 1922 married one of them, Erwin Walter William (7079 Pte William, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion). She passed away on 9 May 1980 in Tamworth, having retained her collection of portraits for her entire life.