Presentation of decorations by General Sir W R Birdwood to 4th Division Artillery. Identified: ...

Accession Number E02511A
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original whole plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Amiens Harbonnieres Area, Pont Remy
Date made 9 June 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Presentation of decorations by General Sir W R Birdwood to 4th Division Artillery. Identified: General Birdwood (1); unidentified (2); Major (Maj) C R Seelenmeyer MC, Australian Army Veterinary Corps (3); Lieutenant (Lt) T P Clark MC, 42nd Battery (4); Lt W W Rose MC, 11th Brigade Headquarters (5); seven unidentified (standing on the right); Captain (Capt) A C R Waite MC, Staff Captain, 4th Division Artillery; Capt Chirnside, Aide-de-Camp to General Birdwood (14); Major General E G Sinclair MacLagan CB DSO, General Officer Commanding, 4th Division (15); Brigadier General W L H Burgess CMG DSO, Commander, Royal Artillery, 4th Division (16); Colonel J. Faugeron, Commanding Officer, 37th Trench Division Artillery (17); Staff Officer with Colonel Faugeron (18); Maj T A J Playfair DSO, Battery Major, 4th Division Artillery (19); Lt J Bonnet, Staff Officer to 37th Trench Division Artillery (20); Lt Gen Sir John Monash KCB (21); Lieutenant Colonel H D K Macartney DSO, 50th Royal Artillery, Australian Corps (22); Maj Gen Sir C Rosenthal, 2nd Division (23). The staff of the 37th Trench Division Artillery and the 4th Division Artillery had worked closely with each other in April and May 1918 when both were at Villers-Bretonneux. See E02511AKLEFT and E02511ARIGHT for position of those named in this caption. This is the left hand image in a two part panorama. See E02511P for the combined image.