Group portrait of members of No 8 Platoon, 8th Battalion, AIF, at the foot of the Pyramid Cheops. ...

Accession Number P02910.032.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Antippa
Place made Egypt: North Egypt, Giza, Egypt: North Egypt, Giza
Date made c December 1914
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Group portrait of members of No 8 Platoon, 8th Battalion, AIF, at the foot of the Pyramid Cheops. Identified is Lieutenant (Lt) William Thomas Yates, sixth from left, sitting slightly forward of the group. All others are unidentified. Lt Yates embarked with F Company on HMAT Benalla (A24) from Melbourne on 19 October 1914. In 1917, he was awarded the DSO for disinguished bravery in the field.