Description
Studio portrait of (left to right) 1192 Sapper (Spr) Joseph Maria, of North Broken Hill, NSW, 1191 Spr Leslie Harry Piening, of Mile End, SA and 1193 Spr Roy George Shaddock, of North Broken Hill, NSW, all of the 2nd Divisional Signal Company. Spr Maria enlisted on 12 January 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Ceramic on 23 November 1915. He returned to Australia on 21 March 1919 with the 5th Divisional Signal Company. Spr Piening enlisted on 8 March 1915 and returned to Australia on 4 August 1915 having been wounded at Gallipoli.
He was invalided and discharged on 24 January 1916. On 26 September 1917 he re-enlisted with the Australian Army Medical Corps and embarked aboard HMAT Wiltshire on 10 June 1918. On 11 April 1919 he was wounded during a civilian uprising in Egypt and he returned to Australia on 12 April 1919. Spr Shaddock enlisted on 7 January 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Afric on 9 January 1916. He returned to Australia as a Driver with the 2nd Divisional Signal Company.
Details
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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