Group portrait of officers of the 8th Field Artillery Brigade at Vieux Berquin. The 8th Brigade ...

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Accession Number E01528
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original whole plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, Vieux Berquin
Date made 23 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 of the 8th Field Artillery Brigade at Vieux Berquin. The 8th Brigade moved back into this area for rest early in January 1918 and remained there until 1 February when it moved into the line against covering the sector between Armentieres and Messines. Back row, left to right: Lieutenant (Lt) W. H. Cowper; Lt M. F. Crombie; Lt G. W. Edwards; Lt George Eric Klug of Toorak, Vic (died of wounds 12 May 1918); Lt C. A. Blackmore; Lt A. W. McMillan; Lt N. D. Richardson. Middle row: Lt B. Venn-Brown; Lt I. K. Harrison MC; Lt C. Galt MC; Lt A. Raw; Lt W. H. Warnock; Lt T. Moore; Lt E. R. Johnson; Lt T. B. Watt; Lt C. L. G. Parkinson; Lt P. K. Saunders. Front row: Lt C. T. L. Goodchild; Captain (Capt) George Burgoyne Owen (later Staff Captain, 3rd Australian Director of Armament, died 5 November 1918); Major (Maj) W. A. Audsley; Maj W. L. Fanning; Maj S. G. Rowe DSO; Lieutenant Colonel William Gillian Allsop CMG DSO; Lt J. Brake; Capt Fritz Peter M. Solling MC, medical officer; Capt G. G. D. Ferrier MC; Capt A. D. Matheson; Lt R. J. G. Lipp MC.