Poperinghe, France. 1916-10. Group portrait of members of the Australian rules football team of ...

Accession Number P00046.050
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Poperinghe, France. 1916-10. Group portrait of members of the Australian rules football team of the 9th Battery, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade. They were unbeaten between 1916-02 and 1916-11 and were known as the `Battery 18'. Amongst the team were five members of the Rialannah (Tas) Football Team including the captain, 2059 Bombardier James Hoskins Clennett (with the ball) and vice-captain, 2058 Sergeant (later Air Commodore) Raymond James Brownell. Left to right, back row: Anderson, 2023 Leonard Molloy, Bombardier Crawford; second row: ?Bocnde, 1966 Sergeant George William Clare, 1943 Leslie Ainsworth, 1973 Lancelot York Gutteridge, Sibley, Marchant, Sergeant Brownell; third row: Morgan, Hood, Bombardier Clennett, Webster, Russell; front row: 1942 Roy Cecil Aherne, Turner, Lewis. (Original housed in AWM Archive Store)