| Accession Number | P06424.008 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Egypt: North Egypt, Mena |
| Date made | 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Outdoor group portrait of nine soldiers of the 6th Battalion on the side of a pyramid in Egypt. ...
Description
Outdoor group portrait of nine soldiers of the 6th Battalion on the side of a pyramid in Egypt. Identified from left to right, back row: 51 Corporal Herbert Maurice Robertshaw from North Carlton, Victoria (killed in action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915) [see image DAOD0230]; 89 Private (Pte) Christopher William Gray from Wonthaggi, Victoria (wounded in action at Gallipoli and returned to Australia in August 1915) [partially obscured]; 67 Pte Walter Victor Brown from Clifton Hill, Victoria (wounded in action at Gallipoli and returned to Australia in June 1915) [without a hat].
Second row: 70 Pte Jack Carlyle from Collingwood, Victoria (wounded in action at Gallipoli and returned to Australia in October 1915); 2019 Pte Neil Wells from Footscray, Victoria (died of wounds received at Gallipoli on 10 June 1915); 63 Pte Thomas Hewett Boyd from Alphington, Victoria (later Lieutenant and killed in action in Belgium on 4 October 1917)[see image H05600]; 84 Pte Charles William Fossett from Abbotsford, Victoria (later 15th Australian Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia in January 1919) (standing behind Ransom); 128 Pte Herbert William Ransom from Maffra, Victoria (wounded in action at Gallipoli and returned to Australia in October 1915) [with binoculars around his neck]; 66 Pte John Brown from North Fitzroy, Victoria (killed in action at Gallipoli 25 April 1915) [at front].