Accession Number | AWM2019.765.2 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | 28 February 1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Group portrait relating to 8756 Sergeant Alfred Samuel Brabham MM, 4th Field Artillery Brigade
Description
Informal group portrait of Australian servicemen. Identified front row, centre is 8756 Sergeant Alfred Samuel Brabham MM, 4th Field Artillery Brigade. Photograph was attached to a letter sent from Sgt Brabham to his father, written on a cereal box.
An engineer from Kent Town, South Australia, Sgt Brabham enlisted on 6 September 1915. He was Mention in Dispatches and was awarded a Military Medal for his service on the Western Front. Sgt Brabham returned to Australia on 16 March 1918.