Group portrait of officers and NCOs of the 8th Machine Gun Company at Desvres. Left to right, ...

Accession Number E01428
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Nord Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais, Desvres
Date made 5 January 1918
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 officers and NCOs of the 8th Machine Gun Company at Desvres. Left to right, back row: 666 Sergeant (Sgt) Percy Victor Clutterbuck; 601 Lance Corporal (LCpl) H. W. Brown; 336 Corporal (Cpl) Shillabeer; 98 Sgt J. W. Gill (no one in front of him); 579 Cpl G. G. Smith; 1015 Sgt E. J. Mellows; 1151 Sgt J. A. Urquhart. Middle row: 668 Sgt E. Green; 1072 Staff Sergeant H. J. Bull MSM; 1821 Sgt J. Rundle; 1735 Sgt H. Kirwan; 1812 Company Sergeant Major (CSM) G. Hurl MM; 1013 Sgt Walter Mellross; 4791 Sgt F. P. Tully; 256 LCpl F. F. Thompson. Front row: Lieutenant (Lt) C. J. King; Lt R. L. Makeham; Lt Maxwell Angus Lillecrapp; Captain A. K. Flack MC; Lt C. R. Ewing; Lt M. H. Stanford; Lt W. A. Holtham; Lt Fritz Newton Basedow MC (died of wounds 25 April 1918). Note the snow covered ground.

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