| Accession Number | P04014.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | France: Picardie, Somme, Oisemont |
| Date made | December 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Group portrait of officers of the 30th Battalion in the snow at Oisemont, France. Identified from ...
Description
Group portrait of officers of the 30th Battalion in the snow at Oisemont, France. Identified from left to right, back row: Lieutenant (Lt) Boyd Alexander Bragg (later awarded MC); Lt Frank Hamilton; Lt Frederick William Haig; Lt Edwin Ernest Haviland; Lt Arthur Callam; Lt Herbert James Wells (later awarded MC); Lt David Taylor Brewster; Lt Frederick Wilson Keen; Lt Wesley Edgar Oakes. Third row: Lt Waldo Hyman Zander; Captain (Capt) William Alexander Thompson; Lt Maren Griffin; Lt Henry Richard Orpen; Lt Clive Alfred Backhouse; Lt C E Harold; Lt Julian Clyde Yeomans (later awarded DSO); Lt Victor Walter Biddle (later awarded MC); Lt Bert Oliver Davies DCM (killed in action (KIA) in France 22 July 1918, aged 24). Second Row: Chaplain Smith; Lt Albert Henry E Whipp; Lt James McDuff; Capt Edward Adams (later awarded MC and KIA in France 18 March 1918, aged 31); Major Percy Charlton (later awarded MC); Capt James Austin Chapman OBE, Adjutant; Lieutenant Colonel James William Clark DSO, Commanding Officer; Maj Frederick Street, 2IC; Capt Arthur Charles White (later awarded MC); Capt Donald Chalmers (later awarded MC); M Bouchee, Interpreter; Capt Stanley Arthur Railton (later awarded MC), Medical officer. Front row: Lt Thomas Snalson C Horgan; Lt Camden Lewis Gunning; Lt William Thomas Hanlon; Lt Harold Walter Wedd.