From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives, taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the period 1916 to 1918.

Accession Number P10550.014
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original postcard negative
Maker Thuillier, Louis
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Vignacourt
Date made c December 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
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Description

Group portrait of soldiers from the 52nd Battalion. Identified back row, second from left is: probably Frederick Cornish; 3370 Pte John Frederick Graham, Bayswater WA; probably John Rowe; 3402 Pte William John Thornton, Popanyinning, WA; 3346 Sapper (Spr) Fred Wilfred Ainley MSM, 4th Divisional Signal Company, Jolimont, WA. Third row: 3376 Pte Francis Xavier Heerey, Kalgoorlie, WA; probably Egbert Wills; probably Frank Monck; probably James Jones; probably James Calder; probably John Marshall. Second row: 3364 Cpl William Frank Bernard Creech, Leederville, WA; 3382 Private (Pte) Oscar Lundgren, Fremantle, WA; probably James Coppin; 3395 Cpl James Davie Renner, Fremantle, WA; probably George Masterson; probably John Hopkins; probably Percy Norman; probably Robert Buchanan. Front row: probably Samuel Thompson; probably Walter Wright; probably Joseph Kidd; 3400 Sergeant John Alexander Spence DCM MM, Fremantle, WA; probably John Williams; 3404 Lance Corporal Alfred James Wells, Bayswater, WA; 3401 Corporal (Cpl) Thomas Wilkinson James Telfer, West Leederville, WA. The 52nd Battalion was largely made up of men transferred from the 12th Battalion hence the cancelled 12th Battalion colour patch worn by this group. All the named soldiers in this group were originally members of the 12th Battalion. (See also P10550.023, P10550.028 and P10550.029)

From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives. Taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the period 1916 to 1918.