"New South Wales Contingent. Soudan Campaign. 1885". A photograph montage of portraits of some of ...

"New South Wales Contingent. Soudan Campaign. 1885". A photograph montage of portraits of some of the soldiers and Non-Commissioned Officers arranged in the form of an oval wreath surround portrait photographs of twenty five of the contingent's officers. The officers, from left to right, top row: The Reverend Father C. F. P. Collingridge, Roman Catholic Chaplain; Captain (Capt) T. S. Parrott, Engineering Officer; Surgeon-Major W. D. C. Williams, Principal Medical Officer of the Ambulance Corps; Lieutenant (Lt) R. A. Natham, Artillery; Major (Maj) J. T. Blanchard, Paymaster and Commissariat Officer; The Reverend H. J. Rose Anglican Chaplain. Second row: Lt J. R. MacDonald, B Company, Infantry; Lt R. F. Wrench, C Company, Infantry; Capt C. H. F. H. Bartlett, Adjutant, Infantry; Lt H. P. Airey, Aide-de-Camp to Major General Lyon-Fremantle; Lt H. C. Pritchard, D Company, Infantry; Lt M. J. Keating, B Company, Infantry. Third Row: Lt C. R. McK. Burnside, C Company, Infantry; Capt W. P. Mulholland, B Company, Infantry; Maj H. D. MacKenzie, Adjutant of Brigade and Staff Officer of Artillery; central portrait, Major General (served as Colonel) J. S. Richardson, CB, commanding the contingent; Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col)(served as Maj) G. J. Airey, Artillery; Capt (served as Lt) C. W. P. Bouverie, Artillery; Lt C. B. Airey, A Company, Infantry. Fourth and bottom row: Lt R. H, Owen, A Company, Infantry; Capt L. H. Kyngdon, D Company Commander; Lt Col F. Wells, Commanding Officer, Infantry; Lt Col W. W. Spalding, CMG, Battery Commander, Artillery; Maj G. C. Norris, A Company Commander, Infantry; Maj J. Jekyll, C Company Commander, Infantry. In the corners are four photographs taken during the march to, and departure from, Circluar Quay on Tuesday 3 March 1885. This banner was presented to Queen Victoria, subsequently returned to Australia in 1943, and is now in the collection of the Australian War Memorial. The montage was made by the well known Sydney photographer B. C. Boake.