Farriers of the 2nd Australian Divisional Signal Company shoeing their horses in a field. ...

Place Europe: France
Accession Number E03131
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Herbecourt
Date made 29 August 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

Farriers of the 2nd Australian Divisional Signal Company shoeing their horses in a field. Identified left to right: Molly and Baldy (two Australian horses that have been with this detachment since formation); 4898 Lance Corporal (LCpl) L. J. Kain (holding Baldy's right leg); 1976 Driver (Dvr) T. N. McCoy; 4806 LCpl R. Wilkins (between Baldy and McCoy); 7376 Dvr E. T. C. Fenwick (behind McCoy); 4883 Dvr A. R. Beard (hand on right hip); 4789 Dvr H. E. McCarthy (behind Beard, partially obscured); 4876 Sergeant A. A. A. Owens MSM (in front of Beard, bending over); 7448 Dvr H. E. Williams; 7452 Dvr W. C. Walsh; 1716 Dvr W. A. Walters; 19703 Sapper H. O'Grady; 2649 Dvr W. H. Farrell. Note the saddle in the foreground.