C02157 Accession Number: C02157

Description

Group portrait of four Australian officers sitting on the terrace of a hotel. All doctors in the Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC), they were posted in April 1915 to the 1st Field Ambulance and served on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Identified, left to right: Captain John Basil St Vincent Welch; Captain William Elphinstone Kay; Major Reginald Jeffrey Millard; Captain Hugh Raymond Poate.

Details

Accession Number
C02157
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c March 1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Lent by M Rene de Marigny
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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