| Accession Number | E01107 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Glass original half-plate negative |
| Maker |
Unknown Australian Official Photographer |
| Place made | Belgium: Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Ypres |
| Date made | 25 October 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Group portrait of the officers of the 58th Australian Infantry Battalion, near Swan Chateau, in ...
Description
Group portrait of the officers of the 58th Australian Infantry Battalion, near Swan Chateau, in the reserve area just prior to the Battalion moving up to the line at Broodseinde Ridge, in the Ypres Sector. Left to right, back row, sitting: Private (Pte) A Byers; Pte P Jinnette (Commanding Officer's batman); Pte W Rookley (Headquarters officers cook); Pte J M O'Dea (Headquarters officers cook). Middle row: Lieutenant (Lt) Herbert Ernst Baensch (killed in action 22 June 1918); Lt A R Thompson; Lt W Sheils MC; Lt Robert Kidd (killed in action 25 October 1917) (partially obscured). Front row: Lt G E McKenzie; Captain (Capt) A H Best, Quartermaster; Lt A Robertson (behind Best); Lt F B McWhannell MC, Adjutant; Lt R Hooper MC; Lt E J Ryan (slightly back); Lieutenant Colonel Charles Aloysius Denehy DSO, Commanding Officer (with hands behind back and moustache); Capt H D G Ferres DSO MC; Lt E W Tasker; Lt L Davis; Capt J Tait; Lt J Syder.