| Accession Number | P02349.005 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Maker |
The Argus Newspaper |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | 25 April 1927 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
VC winners and recipients of other high awards for bravery line up on parade near the Exhibition ...
Description
VC winners and recipients of other high awards for bravery line up on parade near the Exhibition Building (not in view) at the Anzac day march. Left to right: front row: ? Captain James Ernest Newland; Lieutenant (Lt) George Mawby Ingram MM; Lt John Hamilton; Lt William Ruthven. Second row: Corporal (Cpl) Walter Ernest Brown; Private (Pte) George Cartwright; Pte William Matthew Currey; Sergeant (Sgt) George Julian Howell. Third row: ? Cpl Arthur Percy Sullivan; ? Sgt Albert David Lowerson; Lt Edgar Thomas Towner; unknown. Fourth row: Pte Thomas James Bede Kenny; obscured; Stanley Gibbs, a winner of the Albert Medal; Sgt Stanley Robert McDougall. Fifth row: unknown; Sgt John James Dwyer; rest unknown. With the exception of Gibbs, all of the men named were winners of the Victoria Cross. (Donor A. Hamilton) (Original print housed in AWM Archive Store)
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