P06566.003 Accession Number: P06566.003

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Group portrait of Australian junior officers and nurses on board RMS Osterley on their way to Egypt. Back row, left to right: 2nd Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Frederick William Marks, 7th Battalion; 2nd Lt David Gerald Evans, 22nd Battalion (later 8th Battalion, died of wounds on 20 September 1917; 2nd Lt Robert Armstrong Morgan, 21st Battalion (later Captain, 57th Battalion, killed in action 25 April 1918); 2nd Lt Harry Bateman Archibald, 6th Battalion (later 14th Field Artillery Brigade); 2nd Lt Charles Edgar Shaw, 24th Battalion (later Captain, 55th Battalion); 2nd Lt John Arthur Hill, 23rd Battalion (returned to Australia 4 December 1918); 2nd Lt Alexander George Campbell, 24th Battalion (later awarded DSO, Captain and 8th Battalion); 2nd Lt Harold Bartram, 5th Battalion (later Lieutenant); 2nd Lt Ronald James Dickson, 23rd Battalion (later Major 59th Battalion) and Lt Thorold Robert Casboulte, 8th Battalion (returned to Australia on 30 January 1918). Middle row: Captain Atkins, Medical Officer; Staff Nurse Agnes Alexina McCrae Jolly, Captain Williams, Lieutenant-Colonel Scriven VD, Lieutenant Robley, Sister Henrietta Margaret Meldrum and Captain Hamilton. Front row: Lieutenants Marks; Lt Ernest Henry George Kemmis, 6th Battalion, (later captain and killed accidentally on 22 July 1918 when he fractured his skull during a horse race); 2nd Lt Samuel Carty Kilduff, 22nd Battalion, (later Lt, returned to Australia on 16 December 1917); Lt Thomas Alfred Hooper, 5th Battalion, (later killed in action on 18 August 1916); 2nd Lt William Holman Roberts, 21st Battalion and Lt William Brace (Bruce?) Bennett, 8th Battalion.

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Accession Number
P06566.003
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Date Made
October 1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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