Group portrait of the original officers and men of the 26th Battalion. No identification details ...

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Accession Number E04203
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original whole plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made Belgium: Wallonie, Hainaut, Marchienne-au-Pont
Date made 1 January 1919
Conflict Period 1910-1919
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 the original officers and men of the 26th Battalion. No identification details were recorded for the men in this group. Subsequently identified is Captain Gilbert Harry MC and Bar, MM (front row, fifth from left). He was one of only nine members of the AIF to win the Military Cross and Bar and Military Medal. The men are in front of the Marchienne-au-Pont school.