STUDIO PORTRAIT OF BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM LIVINGSTONE HATCHWELL BURGESS CMG DSO CB DSM (US) ...

Accession Number H00045
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
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STUDIO PORTRAIT OF BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM LIVINGSTONE HATCHWELL BURGESS CMG DSO CB DSM (US) FRANCE LEGION OF HONOUR, 4TH DIVISION ARTILLERY BRIGADE, OF HOBART, TAS. A MAJOR AT ANGLESEA BARRACKS, HE ENLISTED FOR OVERSEAS SERVICE ON 18 AUGUST 1914 AND EMBARKED ON BOARD HMAT GEELONG FROM HOBART ON 20 OCTOBER 1914. BURGESS RETURNED TO AUSTRALIA ON 18 JULY 1919.

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