| Accession Number | P03743.010 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Australia: Australian Capital Territory, Canberra |
| Date made | c 1919 |
| Conflict |
Period 1910-1919 Period 1920-1929 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Informal portrait of Arthur William Bazley standing behind his desk at Tuggranong (Tuggeranong) ...
Description
Informal portrait of Arthur William Bazley standing behind his desk at Tuggranong (Tuggeranong) Homestead, where he worked as a clerk for Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean. Bazley, a clerk of Melbourne, Vic, enlisted on 5 October 1914 and served as batman and unofficial clerk for Captain Bean during the First World War. He was to accompany Bean in 1919 on the Australian Historical Mission to Gallipoli but had to withdraw due to illness. He assisted Bean from 1919 to 1942 with the compilation of the Official History of Australia in the War and was later acting director of the Australian War Memorial during WW2.