E01107 Accession Number: E01107

Description

Group portrait of the officers of the 58th Australian Infantry Battalion, near Swan Chateau, in the reserve area just prior to the Battalion moving up to the line at Broodseinde Ridge, in the Ypres Sector. Left to right, back row, sitting: Private (Pte) A Byers; Pte P Jinnette (Commanding Officer's batman); Pte W Rookley (Headquarters officers cook); Pte J M O'Dea (Headquarters officers cook). Middle row: Lieutenant (Lt) Herbert Ernst Baensch (killed in action 22 June 1918); Lt A R Thompson; Lt W Sheils MC; Lt Robert Kidd (killed in action 25 October 1917) (partially obscured). Front row: Lt G E McKenzie; Captain (Capt) A H Best, Quartermaster; Lt A Robertson (behind Best); Lt F B McWhannell MC, Adjutant; Lt R Hooper MC; Lt E J Ryan (slightly back); Lieutenant Colonel Charles Aloysius Denehy DSO, Commanding Officer (with hands behind back and moustache); Capt H D G Ferres DSO MC; Lt E W Tasker; Lt L Davis; Capt J Tait; Lt J Syder.

Details

Accession Number
E01107
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half-plate negative
Physical Description
Colour: b&w
Date Made
25 October 1917
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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