E02511A Accession Number: E02511A

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Presentation of decorations by General Sir W R Birdwood to 4th Division Artillery. Identified: General Birdwood (1); unidentified (2); Major (Maj) C R Seelenmeyer MC, Australian Army Veterinary Corps (3); Lieutenant (Lt) T P Clark MC, 42nd Battery (4); Lt W W Rose MC, 11th Brigade Headquarters (5); seven unidentified (standing on the right); Captain (Capt) A C R Waite MC, Staff Captain, 4th Division Artillery; Capt Chirnside, Aide-de-Camp to General Birdwood (14); Major General E G Sinclair MacLagan CB DSO, General Officer Commanding, 4th Division (15); Brigadier General W L H Burgess CMG DSO, Commander, Royal Artillery, 4th Division (16); Colonel J. Faugeron, Commanding Officer, 37th Trench Division Artillery (17); Staff Officer with Colonel Faugeron (18); Maj T A J Playfair DSO, Battery Major, 4th Division Artillery (19); Lt J Bonnet, Staff Officer to 37th Trench Division Artillery (20); Lt Gen Sir John Monash KCB (21); Lieutenant Colonel H D K Macartney DSO, 50th Royal Artillery, Australian Corps (22); Maj Gen Sir C Rosenthal, 2nd Division (23). The staff of the 37th Trench Division Artillery and the 4th Division Artillery had worked closely with each other in April and May 1918 when both were at Villers-Bretonneux. See E02511AKLEFT and E02511ARIGHT for position of those named in this caption. This is the left hand image in a two part panorama. See E02511P for the combined image.

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Accession Number
E02511A
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original whole plate negative
Date Made
9 June 1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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