Pontville, Tasmania. 1914-09. Group portrait of members of the Staff of the 9th Battery, 3rd ...

Accession Number P00046.005
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Pontville, Tasmania. 1914-09. Group portrait of members of the Staff of the 9th Battery, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade (3FAB) with range finding instruments, signalling flags and heliographs. Back row, fourth from the left is 2058 Bombardier (later Air Commodore) Raymond James Brownell with one of the ?mekometers for range finding. The unit was in training camp for six weeks before embarkation on 1914-10-20 for the Middle East. (Original housed in AWM Archive Store) (Donor R. Sandover)