E02501 Accession Number: E02501

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Group portrait of Headquarters staff of the 8th Australian Field Artillery Brigade outside their dugouts near Blangy Tronville, France during the period the 3rd Division was holding the line at Villers-Bretonneux. From left to right, back row: Lieutenant (Lt) George Lawton Mayman from Brunswick, Victoria; Lt John Brake, Ordinance Officer from Mount Albert, Victoria; and Second Lieutenant Roderick George McLeod from Gladstone, Queensland (later awarded MC). Front row: Lt Edward Griffith, Adjutant from Brisbane, Queensland (later awarded Belgian Croix de Guerre); Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) William Gillian Allsop CMG DSO, Commanding Officer from Brisbane, Queensland; Captain Fritz Peter Max Solling MC, Medical Officer from Moree, NSW. Some of the officers are wearing service stripes on their right sleeves.

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Accession Number
E02501
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
12 June 1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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