| Accession Number | H17219 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Place made | Belgium: Wallonie, Namur |
| Date made | 14 January 1919 |
| Conflict |
Period 1910-1919 First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Outdoor group portrait of Australian Army Church of England Chaplains gathered to meet the ...
Description
Outdoor group portrait of Australian Army Church of England Chaplains gathered to meet the Archbishop of Canterbury. Identified in the back row from left to right: Thomas Daniel Reynolds (New South Wales (NSW)); Alfred John Brand King (NSW); William Henry Irwin (South Australia); and Harold Holdsworth Harper (Western Australia). In the second row from left to right: Frederic William Tugwell (NSW); Charles Flavell Blood (Queensland); Ernest Stanley Yeo (Victoria); and Charles Hall (Queensland). In the third row from left to right: David Jonathan Collins (NSW); Herbert Henry Coles (South Australia); Thomas Holmes Justice (Victoria); and Charles William Thomas Rogers (Victoria). In the front row from left to right: Cecil Howard Edwards (Queensland); Alexander Sydney Greville (NSW); Francis Henry Durnford MC (South Australia); seated is Frederick William Wray, CMG, CBE Senior Chaplain (Church of England) AIF (from Victoria); Alfred Henry Gallop (NSW); William Keith Douglas, MC (Tasmania); and Leslie George Hatfield Hall (NSW).
A conference of available chaplains of the British forces was called to meet the Archbishop for discussions connected with the return of soldiers to civilian life and the influence of the church in these matters. Of the 83 chaplains in attendance, 19 were Australian, four were Canadian and the rest were British.