Accession Number | P10885.009 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | c 1919 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Original inscription, written by 1010 Sergeant George Edgar Watkins " leaps out of a car upon his ...
Description
Original inscription, written by 1010 Sergeant George Edgar Watkins " leaps out of a car upon his arrival home to Blackburn, Victoria, after the First World War. Sergeant Watkins is being met by a 'welcome home' reception of family and friends.
An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from Blackburn, Victoria, enlisted on 10 February 1916. He served with the 39th Battalion throughout the war, as a Battalion scout in France and Belgium.