| Place | Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Amiens Harbonnieres Area, Villers-Bretonneux Area, Villers-Bretonneux |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | E02695 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Glass original half plate negative |
| Maker |
Unknown Australian Official Photographer |
| Place made | France: Picardie, Somme, Amiens Harbonnieres Area, Villers-Bretonneux Area, Villers-Bretonneux |
| Date made | 21 June 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Informal group portrait of American troops visiting A Company Headquarters of the 37th Battalion ...
Description
Informal group portrait of American troops visiting A Company Headquarters of the 37th Battalion AIF at Villers-Bretonneux in June 1918. At this time small detachments of Americans were attached to various Australian units for instructional purposes. [See E02695K for position of those named in this caption.] Identified by numbers: unidentified American (1); unidentified American Corporal (2); Lieutenant (Lt) Norman Gordon McNicol, MC (3); Captain Joseph Aloysius Carrodus, Officer Commanding A Company 37th Battalion (4); Lt Harold James Walker Beer (5); unidentified American Lieutenant (6); 446 Corporal (Cpl) Thomas Roy Waterson (7); 2597 Lance Corporal George Stanley Le Maitre (8); Cpl R Jones (9); Cpl Maxwell (10); 2345 Private (Pte) Vernon Miles Huntly (11); 2388 Pte Albert Joseph Rogers (12); Pte Baldiston (13); 1785 Sergeant Arthur Charles Rupert Allen (14); 3361 Pte Robert Henry Burrows (15); unidentified soldier from the 10th Field Ambulance (16); 393 Company Sergeant Major Ian Rosing, (later DCM) (17); unidentified soldier from the 10th Field Ambulance (18); and 2145 Cpl William Donald Scott (19).