MELBOURNE, VIC, ?1918. STUDIO PORTRAIT OF COMMANDER LEIGHTON S. BRACEGIRDLE DSO, RAN, COMMANDING ...

Places	Africa: South Africa Asia: China Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Suvla Bay Area Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Accession Number	P01326.011
Collection type	Photograph
Object type	Black & white
Physical description	Black & white
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain

Description

MELBOURNE, VIC, ?1918. STUDIO PORTRAIT OF COMMANDER LEIGHTON S. BRACEGIRDLE DSO, RAN, COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE 1ST ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL BRIDGING TRAIN AT SUVLA BAY, GALLIPOLI, 1915. IN 1917 HE WAS OFFICER IN CHARGE OF TROOPS ON THE WILLOCHRA. BRACEGIRDLE ALSO SAW SERVICE IN CHINA DURING THE BOXER REBELLION (1900-01) AND IN SOUTH AFRICA IN 1902. (PHOTOGRAPHER TALMA & CO, 119 SWANSTON STREET MELBOURNE. (DONOR B. BRACEGIRDLE)