Vladivostok, Russia. c. 1919-01. Informal group portrait of four members of the staff of one of ...

Vladivostok, Russia. c. 1919-01. Informal group portrait of four members of the staff of one of Koltchak's Officers Schools. The instructors, dressed in thick fur coats, are standing in the snow outside one of the School's buildings. Amongst the staff were former members of Dunsterforce including Captain Cecil Judge, who after teaching at the School made his way back to Australia from the Russian port by ship. The main purpose of Dunsterforce was to reorganise resistance in Mesopotamia and Persia to German penetration of Asia during the period 1918 to 1919. During this time many of the officers had extensive experience training and commanding Russian troops.