| Place | Europe: France |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | H00352 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Place made | France |
| Date made | c May 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Group portrait of Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Muir Purser, DSO and Headquarters staff of 29th ...
Description
Group portrait of Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Muir Purser, DSO and Headquarters staff of 29th Australian Infantry Battalion. Identified, left to right:
Back row: 2590 Corporal (Cpl) Herman John Whiting; 20 Sergeant (Sgt) Gordon James Butler; 63 Sgt Alfred Hounslow Gray; Sgt Nicholson.
Third row: 367 Sgt John Whitlock; 633 Sgt Frederick Horace Simpson; 5 Cpl Douglas McDowall; 7 Sgt Robert Edward Charles, MSM; 214 Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) Thomas Clark (standing slightly forward); 621 Sgt Harold Stanley Ruff (standing slightly back); 2 Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant (RQMS) William Eustace James, MSM.
Second row: (formerly 59) Lt Harry Percival Templeton Chapman; Lt Ernest Stanley Weaver; Lt Spencer William Coleman, killed in action 9 August 1918 ; (formerly 108) Lt Arthur Henry Stephens; Lt Henry Campbell Brady; Lt Norman Hugo Munro.
Front row: unidentified French interpreter (off camera); Captain (Capt) Austin Francis Eva (Chaplain); (formerly 749) Lt John Samuel Harris, MC; Capt Hugh Cuthbert Cate; Lt Col Muir Purser, DSO; Capt Victor Paul Hildabrand Stantke, MC; Lt Davies; Capt Henry Fitzgerald Maudsley, MC; (formerly 111) Lt Robert Walker.