A03113 Accession Number: A03113

Description

The Bearer Section of the 3rd Field Ambulance at Helena Vale racecourse, near Blackboy Hill camp, before embarkation. The man wearing the field service cap second from the right in the second rank is 202 Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick (he enlisted as John Simpson) who became known at Anzac as 'The Man with the Donkey'.

Details

Accession Number
A03113
Photographer
Midland Junction Studio
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Measurement
Overall: 7.9 cm x 10.5 cm
Date Made
c October 1914
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Lent by Company Quartermaster A R Davison, ex Bearer Section, 3rd Field Ambulance.
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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