Josiah Barnes collection of First World War negatives and prints

Group portrait of officers at the Geelong Military Camp. Identified from left to right; back row: Lieutenant (Lt) Elgar Watts Opie, a schoolmaster from Geelong, Victoria (later killed in action in Belgium on 4 October 1917 while serving with the 6th Battalion); Lt Robert Murdoch Finlayson Hooper, from East Melbourne, Victoria (later killed in action at Gallipoli on 9 August 1915 while serving with the 5th Battalion); Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Francis Ormond Purnell, a costing clerk from Newtown, Victoria, (later killed in action in France on 13 November 1916 while serving with the 46th Battalion); Lt Smith; Lt Brown; Captain (Capt) Cook; Capt Henry Haigh Storrer, an accountant from Geelong, Victoria, (later killed in action in France on 2 December 1917 while serving with the Australian Flying Corps); Capt Harvey Freeman from Geelong (later awarded Military Cross and killed in action in Belgium on 15 October 1917 while serving as a Lt with the 3rd Machine Gun Battalion); Lt Jones; 2nd Lt Arthur Frank Stanley Dobson, a solicitor from South Yarra, Victoria (later served with the 46th Battalion); Lt James Arthur Freeman from Geelong (later served as a Lt in the 5th Field Artillery Brigade and awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal) (brother of Capt Harvey Freeman); Lt Herd; and Lt John Archer Lorimer, a public accountant from Canterbury, Victoria (served as a Lt with the 23rd Battalion).
Second row, sitting on chairs from left to right: Lt Grosvenor George Stuart Gordon, a rubber expert from Albert Park, Victoria (served as a Major with 1st Divisional Signal Company and awarded Distinguished Service Order and Mentioned in Despatches on three occasions); Capt Frank Glandfield Kitchen, a commercial traveller from East Geelong (later died of wounds in France on 10 August 1918 while serving with the 7th Battalion); Capt Bennett; Capt Kinghorn; Major (Maj) Small, Medical Officer; Maj F Purnell, Commanding Officer, Geelong Military Camp; Capt Lambell, Adjutant; Capt Pearcer; Lt Arthur Francis Phillips, Quartermaster of Geelong; Lt Shedden; and Lt Eric Arundel Wilton, professional soldier, Royal Military College, Duntroon, originally of Macedon, Victoria (served with 16th Battalion, Headquarters Staff).
Front row from left to right: Lt Eager; Lt Henry James Thornton, a carrier of South Melbourne, Victoria (served with the 4th Light Horse Regiment and the 1st Division Cyclist Company); Lt Miers; Lt Homfray.