Description
Group portrait of soldiers of B Company, 7th Battalion. Identified from left to right, back row: 372 Lance Corporal (L/Cpl) Horatio Harold Roberts Baker, who later died of wounds on 10 May 1915 at Cape Helles; 393 Private (Pte) James Leslie Leonard; 385 Pte James Clarence Johnson, who was later killed in action on 8 May 1915 at Cape Helles; 1149 Pte James Hyslop; 377 Pte James Munro, who was later killed in action on 25 April 1915. Second row: 403 Sergeant William John Pezet; 379 Pte George Walker; 370 Pte Archibald Thomas Morgan; 383 Sergeant Egbert Harrison Lee. Front row: 378 Pte Basil John Hooper, who was later killed in action on 26 April 1915 during the Gallipoli landing; 374 Pte Strutten John Carter, who was later killed in action on 26 April 1915; 384 L/Cpl Alexander Stewart Burton, who was later killed in action on 9 August 1915, aged 21, at Lone Pine and was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross (VC) for "most conspicuous bravery at Lone Pine Trenches". L/Cpl Burton along with Lieutenant (Lt) Frederick Harold Tubb and 2130 Cpl William Dunstan held a newly captured trench during an early morning enemy counter attack. Lt Tubb was wounded in the head and arm and Cpl Burton was killed during the defence of the trench.
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Accession Number
P03318.017
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Credit Line
Donor 7th Battalion Association
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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