| Accession Number | P09291.530 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | c July 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Group portrait of members of 10th Reinforcements, 50th Battalion. Left to right, back row: 3607 ...
Description
Group portrait of members of 10th Reinforcements, 50th Battalion. Left to right, back row: 3607 Private (Pte) Thomas Melville Birrell; 3615 Pte Arthur Edmund John Bennet; 3694 Pte Gustave Peers. Front row: 3762 Pte Arthur James Evely; 3629 Kenneth Raymond Duncan; 3597 Corporal (Cpl) Arthur Frederick Turner; 3670 Pte Cyril Cowan Murray. All members embarked from Melbourne on 4 August 1917 aboard HMAT Themistocles (A32) for Glasgow, Scotland. Pte Evely, a carpenter from Port Pirie, South Australia, prior to enlistment, trained with the 13th Training Battalion and with the 4th Divisional Signals School before proceeding to France where he joined his battalion on the Western Front near Amiens in mid July 1918. Pte Evely was killed in action near Bray, France, on 13 August 1918. He was aged 19 years. The other members served with the battalion and returned to Australia during 1918 (Duncan) and 1919.