Group portrait of some members of the 21st Reinforcements of the 17th Battalion. An original ...

Accession Number P08555.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Group portrait of some members of the 21st Reinforcements of the 17th Battalion. An original inscription identifies the men by initial and surname; further identification, where likely, has been assigned from the embarkation roll. Back row, from left:7143 Private (Pte) Cecil Holt; 7155 Pte John Roberts; 7046 Pte William George ;7069 Pte Sidney Lister (killed in action 14 May 1918). Middle row: 7180 Pte Robert Harris; 7032 Pte Walter Derkenne ; 7068 Pte Ormuz Leach (killed in action 31 August 1918); 7060 Thomas James; 7153 Pte Eric Palmer. Front row: 7078 Pte Angus MacDonald; 7097 Pte John Rogers (killed in action 30 June 1918); 7063 Corporal Cyril Jacka; 7011 Pte Edward Byrne; 7007 Pte George Alexander.