Collection related to the service of Harold Arthur Barker Accession Number: J05577

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In a dugout of the 7th Battalion Machine Gun Section, behind Courtney's Post, Gallipoli Peninsula, late in the day on 26 April 1915. Identified, left to right: 56 Private (Pte) Frank Walker, of Bendigo, Vic, who enlisted on 18 August 1914 an later served as a Quartermaster Sergeant with the 15th Machine Gun Battalion. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) on 1 January 1918; 998 Pte Kenneth Muirson, of Christchurch, New Zealand, who enlisted on 10 September 1914, who was later commissioned as a captain and received the Military Cross (MC) and Bar, and Lance Corporal Barker.

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Accession Number
J05577
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
26 April 1915
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donated by Captain H. A. Barker, DCM
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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