Description
Informal portrait of 137 Second Corporal (2Cpl) Owen Kevin Hughes, 8th Field Company Engineers, of West Footscray, Vic, in the trenches at Gallipoli. The man on the left is unidentified. Hughes was an electrician and plumber prior to enlisting on 21 August 1914, and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Orvieto on 21 October 1914 with the 2nd Field Company Engineers. He returned to Australia on 5 April 1919. This is a rare example of an Australian serviceman wearing his breeches loose with no puttees.
Details
Accession Number
P04784.003
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Credit Line
Donor G Hitch
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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