J00671 Accession Number: J00671

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Portrait of 4 Staff Quarter-Master Sergeant (SQMS) Walter Randolph Brownhill MSM, 5th Division Headquarters, on the roof of Australia House, London, looking at the fires resulting from a daylight air raid on London. SQMS Brownhill enlisted on 15 July 1915 and returned to Australia on 8 May 1919. SQMS Brownhill was awarded Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) on 8 March 1918 which was gazetted on 7 November 1918. 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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Accession Number
J00671
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor A T Sharp
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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