Portrait of Sergeant (Sgt) Bertram H Perry, an Australian member of the Elope Force, dressed for ...

Accession Number A05184
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Russia: North Russia
Date made 1919
Conflict Period 1910-1919
First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Portrait of Sergeant (Sgt) Bertram H Perry, an Australian member of the Elope Force, dressed for the Russian winter in his 'arctic' costume designed by Shackleton. Sgt Perry returned to England the following year and returned to Australia on 19 August 1919. The photograph is signed, Dinks, Archangel, Russia 19 January 1919. Note the Rising Sun Badge pinned to his fur hat.