P03743.013 Accession Number: P03743.013

Description

Informal portrait of Arthur William Bazley, at Tuggranong (Tuggeranong) Homestead recovering from an accident where he received severe burns to his face and hands. He had entered the homestead's workshop with a lit cigarette in his hand just as someone was filling the houshold acetelyne (carbide) lamps. Bazley, a clerk of Melbourne, Vic, enlisted on 5 October 1914 and served as batman and unofficial clerk for Captain Charles Edward Woodrow Bean during the First World War. He was to accompany Bean in 1919 on the Australian Historical Mission to Gallipoli but had to withdraw due to illness, however he assisted Bean from 1919 to 1942 as the latter wrote and edited the Official History of Australia in the War. Arthur Bazley was acting director of the Australian War Memorial during most of WW2.

Details

Accession Number
P03743.013
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
c 1920
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor P Bazley
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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