| Accession Number | E05340 |
|---|---|
| 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
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Informal group portrait of the Australian 1600 Metres Relay Team, which ran second to the ...
Description
Informal group portrait of the Australian 1600 Metres Relay Team, which ran second to the American Team in the contest held at the Inter Allied Games held at the Pershing Stadium in Paris. Identified from left to right: 1334 Lance Corporal William Johnson, 17th Battalion, sprinter and runner over middle distances from Clarence River, NSW; 6552 Signalman Thomas Frazer, 20th Battalion, runner over distances from 880 yards to ten miles and championship holder from Enmore, NSW; Captain James Edmund Savage OBE MC from Melbourne, Victoria; 5144 Driver Leslie John Hume, 1st Machine Gun Company, sprinter from Boggabri, NSW; Hume; Lieutenant Robert Dykes Chalmers, 15th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery, runner over middle distances from Napier, New Zealand. Note the Rising Sun emblem on their singlets.