Accession Number | P00046.004 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Maker |
Spurling, S |
Conflict |
Period 1910-1919 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Pontville, Tasmania. 1914-08. Members of the 9th Battery, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade (3FAB), ...
Description
Pontville, Tasmania. 1914-08. Members of the 9th Battery, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade (3FAB), move through the town on horseback as they return from shell firing practice. Third row from the front on the far left is 2058 Bombardier (later Air Commodore) Raymond James Brownell who commanded the Battery Staff. In the front row is possibly General Clarke and Colonel R. P. Smith. The unit were in training at Pontville for six weeks before embarkation for the Middle East on 1914-10-20. (Original housed in AWM Archive Store) (Donor R. Sandover)