E02798 Accession Number: E02798

Description

The 45th Battery, 12th Army Brigade of Australian Field Artillery, in action. Left to right: Corporal E. Davis, B Sub Gun; 445 Gunner (Gnr) John Henry Sibson; Gnr T. Ayton; 32499 Bombardier (Bdr) Richard (Dick) Reinke. This was the usual gun crew for this gun. Cpl Davis, Gnr Ayton and Bdr Reinke had come from Egypt with the Battery. All the men had at various times been wounded. Bdr Reinke was wounded on 18 October 1918 when in charge of a gun at St Souplet and died of wounds 20 October 1918.

Details

Accession Number
E02798
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
31 July 1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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Accession E02798

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