P03318.007 Accession Number: P03318.007

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Eight soldiers of C Company, 7th Battalion, share a relaxed meal amongst the tents at Broadmeadows camp. Identified from left to right: 382 Corporal Rupert Acaster Lee (wounded 8 May at Gallipoli and invalided home to Australia on 15 August 1915); 379 Private (Pte) George Walker (wounded 7-11 May at Gallipoli, invalided to Australia on 29 July 1915); 377 Pte James Munro (killed in action on 25 April 1915, buried at No 2 Outpost Cemetery, Galllipoli); Lieutenant Walter Edward Lane (returned to Australia 24 January 1919); 347 Pte Strutten John Carter (killed in action on 25 April 1915, buried No 2 Outpost Cemetery, Gallipoli); 372 Lance Corporal Horatio Harold Roberts Baker (died of wounds on 10 May 1915, buried at Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Gallipoli); 383 Sergeant Egbert Harrison Acaster Lee (returned to Australia 17 October 1916 following extended illness); and J Corrigan (probably 388 Pte James Corrigan, killed in action 13 November 1917 and buried at The Huts Cemetery, Belgium). These men later formed B Company when C and D Companies were amalgamated in January 1915.

Details

Accession Number
P03318.007
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Date Made
August - September 1914
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor 7th Battalion Association
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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