Description
Portrait of 3106 Company Sergeant Major (CSM) James Arthur (Jas) Rayment, MM, 5th Field Company Engineers, being farewelled from the home of Mr and Mrs A T Sharp at 17 Powis Gardens, Golder's Green, London. CSM Rayment enlisted on 14 July 1915 and returned to Australia on 13 April 1919. CSM Rayment was awarded the Military Medal on 13 September 1916, which was gazetted on 19 April 1917, for his actions on 3-4 August 1916. From the collection of Mr Alfred Thomas Sharp. Mr Sharp was the Commonwealth Immigration Officer of Victoria and was based in the London Office during the First World War. He and his wife hosted and visited many soldiers, particularly those from Victoria, who were recuperating in London. He also photographed many Australian graves in English cemeteries. His photograph collection relating to this period in London was bequeathed to the Memorial in 1922 after his death. During his time in London he was a member of the British Volunteer Regiment, serving with the Willesden Battalion, Middlesex Volunteer Regiment.
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Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Credit Line
Donor A T Sharp
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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