P04872.001 Accession Number: P04872.001

Description

Group portrait of patients of Ward 22 at No 6 Australian General Hospital (6AGH): identified left to right: Standing: SX6339 Sergeant Ernest William Shepherdson MM, 2/43 Battalion of Murray Bridge, SA; Sister Hennesey from Cowra, NSW, (probably NX70459 Sister Dorothy Hennessy); and Bert ? from Victoria. Seated: SX5548 Leslie Bernard Blee, 2/43 Battalion of Wirrabara,SA; VX58398 Harold George Bending 2/32 Battalion of Rainbow, Vic; WX9768 Thomas Charles Nunn, 2/32 Battalion. Bending later died of wounds in New Guinea on 29 November 1943.

Details

Accession Number
P04872.001
Photographer
John Willoughby Beadman
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
September 1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor M Beadman
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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