An Australian soldier, comic character, dressed to represent an Egyptian bootblack at the sports ...

Accession Number E02749
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Corbie Albert Area, Querrieu
Date made 20 July 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

An Australian soldier, comic character, dressed to represent an Egyptian bootblack at the sports meeting of the 4th Australian Infantry Brigade. His earnings went to the Brigade's 'Prisoners of War' Fund. Identified: 5706 Private (Pte) A. J. Kerr, 15th Battalion (1); unidentified (2); 2666 Corporal (Cpl) W. Haley, 13th Battalion (3); unidentified (4); unidentified (5); Pte H. Feltham, 14th Battalion (6); unidentified (7); Sergeant R. A. Duisey, 15th Battalion (8); unidentified (9); 3507 Cpl Frank Michael Woolcock, 13th Battalion (10); 7698 Pte H. W. Arnold, 16th Battalion (11); See E02749K for position of those named in this caption.