E01136 Accession Number: E01136

Description

Members of the 7th Field Company of Australian Engineers at their billets in the rest area near Steenvoorde, where the Company was located in November 1917, after the Third Battle of Ypres. Left foreground on white horse, Major Eric Norman Webb MC, to his left is Lieutenant (Lt) Thomas Andrew Lawrie. On horseback, right to left: Lt John Campbell Close; Lt (later Captain) Alfred Leslie Polson MC; Lt Frederick Fisher Christian MC and bar; unidentified; 2688 Driver (Dvr) Norman Joseph Strettles; 2787 Dvr Bede Phillip Dwyer; 8660 Dvr Leonard Douglas Fernee; 6650 Dvr Archibald Craig. Back row, left to right: unidentified; Sapper (Spr)(later Second Lieutenant) Robert Harry Mervyn Eltis MM (killed in action 26 July 1918); 6676 Corporal (Cpl) Albert Edward Malin; 2744 Cpl Arthur Noel Cooper (killed in action 27 May 1918); 3741 Spr Frank Baines; 14990 Spr Charles Tammai; 6681 Spr Leonard Ernest Raven; unidentified; 2667 Sergeant (Sgt) Charles Sorrell (on horseback); 3143 Spr James Aaron Masters; 2773 Spr James Macintosh Wildman; 2708 Sgt James Burns Raeside DCM; 2610 Dvr John Busby (beside white horse at right behind Polson). Soldiers on extreme right are all unidentified. .

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Accession Number
E01136
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original whole plate negative
Date Made
November 1917
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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