| Accession Number | E05497 |
|---|---|
| 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, Villers-Bretonneux Area, Villers-Bretonneux |
| Date made | 15 July 1919 |
| Conflict |
Period 1910-1919 First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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An outdoors group portrait of officers of the Headquarters of the Australian Graves Detachment, ...
Description
An outdoors group portrait of officers of the Headquarters of the Australian Graves Detachment, and a female civilian outside the 'Red Chateau'. The chateau housed the Officers Mess for the Australian War Graves Detachment. Identified is Temporary Lieutenant Colonel (later Lieutenant Colonel John Eldred Mott MC ( forth in from the left). A lieutenant (first from the left) is also wearing Military Cross ribbon. In the back row a lieutenant (third from the right) is wearing a Distinguished Conduct Medal ribbon and a Meritorious Service Medal ribbon. Also in the back row is a British lieutenant (third from the left).