D00373 Accession Number: D00373

Description

Group portrait of members of the Australian Rugby Football Team competing in the inter services Rugby competition.
Back row, left to right: 117237 Lance Corporal John Thompson (played one test for Australia in 1914); Corporal Thomas Stenning; William Thornton Watson MC & Bar (eight tests for Australian 1912-1920); Lieutenant Ernest Austin "Bill" Cody (three tests for Australia 1913); J. Murray; William Roger Bradley; Arthur Michael Lyons; Captain Bruce McNeil Beith (four tests for Australia 1914-1920).
Middle row: John Herbert Bond MSM; D. Hickey; P. Buchanan; J. C. Watkins; Godfrey E "Babe" See MM (played for country NSW prior to 1916 and for NSW in 1919).
Front row: 7291 Dudley Colin Suttor (played three tests for Australia in 1913); Thomas William Flanagan.
In 1950 the team met for a reunion in Sydney.

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Accession Number
D00373
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
March 1919
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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