A group of officers and two 'other rank' soldiers of the 10th Infantry Battalion at their mess ...

Accession Number P02321.009
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Maker Nott, H C
Date made May 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A group of officers and two 'other rank' soldiers of the 10th Infantry Battalion at their mess table at Battalion Headquarters (BHQ) in Victoria Gully, Anzac Cove, Gallipoli. Identified from left to right are: Captain (Capt) Harry Carew Nott from Lower Mitcham, South Australia, Regimental Medical Officer (RMO), who is holding a mug of tea; Lieutenant (Lt) Clarence Rumball from Thebarton, South Australia who is eating from a dixie; Lt Alfred Cyril Sommerville from Croydon, South Australia (with head turned away); Capt Francis Maxwell de Frayer Lorenzo from Westbourne Park, South Australia, Adjutant (later Lt Col and awarded DSO); 80 Corporal Watkins William Blackburn from Adelaide, South Australia; Lt Wesley Armstrong Whitbourn from Glenelg, South Australia; Major Frederick William Hurcombe from Mile End, South Australia, second-in-command, who is drinking from a large mug or tankard; 628 Private Cecil Joseph George McNiece from Croydon, South Australia. The men are gathered around a rough table in the open, while lying on the ground around them are some shovels, boxes, a bedroll, a tin and other items of personal equipment.