| Place | Africa: South Africa, Natal, Tugela River Area, Ladysmith |
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| Accession Number | AWM2019.438.1 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Album |
| Conflict |
South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War) |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
Photograph album of 24 pages (including inside covers) containing 84 photographs connected to ...
Description
Photograph album of 24 pages (including inside covers) containing 84 photographs connected to Lieutenant Ja (?) Baird Thompson (possibly 447 J B Thompson). The images are primarily commercially produced, with short captions and cover the Boer War. Topics include an armoured train named “Hairy Mary”, cricket, transportation/travel, battlefields, training, preparation of a Christmas dinner and graveyards. Includes one official photograph of Lieutenant-General William Birdwood, during the evacuation of Sulva in the First World War. Two newspaper articles are pasted to the back cover: "Returns of the Army" (list of returning soldiers and the transportation used) and "The War Memorial at Chelmsford".