A01007 Accession Number: A01007

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Roll call of D Company, 1st Battalion, on the morning of 30 April 1915. This company went into action with six officers - Major Blair Inskip Swannell, Captain Harold Jacobs, Lieutenant Fogden, Lieutenant Shout, Lieutenant Duchesne and Lieutenant Street and 213 other ranks. When reassembled on afternoon of Thursday, 29 April, the muster was one officer, Captain Jacobs, and 88 other ranks.

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Accession Number
A01007
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
30 April 1915
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Lent by Captain H Jacobs.
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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