Accession Number | D00684 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Glass original half plate negative |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London |
Date made | May 1919 |
Conflict |
Period 1910-1919 First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Outdoor portrait of two members of the AIF Cricket Eleven, which toured the United Kingdom in ...
Description
Outdoor portrait of two members of the AIF Cricket Eleven, which toured the United Kingdom in 1919. Identified on the left is Captain Carl Bleakley Willis, Dental Corps from Malvern Victoria, one of the team's best batsmen, and on the right is 9197 Corporal William Albert Stanley Oldfield, 15th Field Ambulance from Glebe Point, NSW, wicket-keeper and a reliable batsman. They are wearing the official team blazer with the AIF rising sun emblem on the pocket.