E02254 Accession Number: E02254

Description

Lieutenant Colonel J. L. Whitham CMG DSO, Commanding Officer (left), leading the 52nd Battalion along the Villers Bretonneux-Amiens Road. He is accompanied by Lieutenant George Edward Griffith Gill.

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Accession Number
E02254
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
26 April 1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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