| Accession Number | E05320 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Glass original half plate negative |
| Maker |
Unknown Australian Official Photographer |
| Place made | France: Paris |
| Date made | June 1919-July 1919 |
| Conflict |
Period 1910-1919 First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
An outdoor group portrait of the Australian athletes participating in the Inter Allied Games held ...
Description
An outdoor group portrait of the Australian athletes participating in the Inter Allied Games held at the Pershing Stadium, Paris in June-July 1919. Identified from left to right, back row: 3335 Sergeant (Sgt) George William Morris, 1st Pioneer Battalion; 3059 Bombardier Ivan Cuthbert Stedman, 14th Battery, Australian Field Artillery (AFA); 21439 Sapper (Spr) Harold Hampton Hardwick, 2nd Signal Squadron; 3209 Sgt Albert William Barry, an amputee, AIF Headquarters; 23095 Gunner Sydney Henry Springfield, 12th Battery, AFA; and 16154 Driver Lewis Tod Solomons, 2nd Divisional Motor Transport Company.
Eighth row: Lieutenant (Lt) Robert Dykes Chalmers, 15th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery; 1327 Corporal (Cpl) Percy Charles Woolfitt, AIF Headquarters; Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Matty Smith, 2nd Squadron, Australian Flying Corps (AFC); Lt Henry William Checkett, AFC; 55874 Private (Pte) George Ernest Parsons, 9th Training Battalion; and 9662 Driver Andrew McGill, AIF Headquarters.
Seventh row: 5144 Driver Leslie John Hume, 1st Machine Gun Company; 3174 Pte Charlie Lucas, 20th Battalion; 6552 Pte Thomas Frazer, 20th Battalion; 3333 Driver Harold Vincent Carroll, 12th Artillery Brigade; unidentified; 129 Sgt Thomas Sinton Hewitt, 39th Battalion; and unidentified.
Sixth row: unidentified; unidentified; unidentified; unidentified; Lieutenant (Lt) John Brake, 3rd Division Artillery; and Driver Charles Edward Bergmeier, served with the British Army in the 22nd Battalion Manchester Regiment.
Fifth row: Sgt M Carter; 4433 Private Collin Stewart Hibbard, 20th Battalion; unidentified; 1334 Lance Corporal William Johnson, 17th Battalion; 6751 Pte Leslie Arthur Dolton, 44th Battalion; Captain Arthur Fitzroy Best, 58th Battalion; and 1196 Lance Corporal Thomas William Soutar, 10th Light Horse Regiment.
Fourth row: 38813 Sgt Thomas Brockett Sorrell, Australian Army Pay Corps; Cpl G W Masters; 1822 Sgt George Weirth Drysdale, 15th Battalion; 27839 Cpl Walter Edward Clarence Grose, AIF Headquarters; 2955 Pte John Robert Palmer, 5th Division Signals; and 4754 Pte William George Henry Kean, 54th Battalion.
Third row: Pte G Smith; 5576 Pte Robert Mark Cuskey, 18th Battalion; 7331 Pte Berton Flick, 31st Battalion; 51093 Sgt Vernon William Daniel, 4th Battalion; 37857 Gunner Herbert Cox, 31st Battery, AFA; and 2942 Cpl Cyril Raymond Lee, AIF Headquarters.
Second row: 54174 Driver Hilton Hedley Carmichael, 1st Australian Field Bakery; 6875 Lance Corporal Edward Shumack, 35th Battalion; 73 Sgt Matthew Henry Healey, Australian Army Service Corps; Pte A Taylor; 9111 Quartermaster Sergeant Alfred Francis Bridges, Australian Army Medical Corps; and 596 Sergeant William Meeske, 1st Australian Convalescent Depot.
Front row: Lt Roy Hendy, 18th Battalion; and Lieutenant Charles Joseph Kelaher, 13th Battalion. Two children are in the left background.