Josiah Barnes collection of First World War negatives and prints

Accession Number PB0751
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original quarter plate negative
Maker Barnes, Josiah
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Port Melbourne
Date made 16 March 1916
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 23 officers of No 1 Squadron Australian Flying Corps (1 AFC) waiting to embark on troopship A67 Orsova. Believed to be amongst this group, but most positions unknown are: Captain (Capt) William Hopton Anderson; Lieutenant (Lt) Andrew Delfosse Badgery; Capt David Valentine Jardine Blake; Lt Charles James Brookes; Major (Maj) Alexander Arthur Johnstone Broun; Lt Rolf Sanger Brown; Lt Arthur Edward Geere; Lt William Ewart Hart; Lt Allan Murray Jones; Lt Charles Ambrose Kelly; Maj Henry Dundas Keith Macartney; Lt Alexander Leighton Macnaughton; Lt David Thomas William Manwell; Lt Frank Hubert McNamara; Lt Philip Horatio Newland; Lt Colonel Edgar Hercules Reynolds; Lt Eric Glendower Roberts; Lt Ross Roderick; Capt William Sheldon; Lt John Linton Treloar (back row second from right); Lt Lawrence James Wackett; Captain Richard Williams (front row, fourth from left); Lt Sydney Woodrow. One of these people named is not present.