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Private Francis Stokes and friends [B 72504] • Photograph

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Summary

Private Francis Stokes (second from left, killed in action 25 April 1915) and the group of friends with whom he enlisted for service in the First World War. Others include Sgt. J.R. Gordon (promoted to Lieutenant August 1915, returned to Australia October 1915); Private G. Fisher (Commission in Royal Garrison Artillery); Private E.D. Meldrum (invalided to Egypt); Private P. de Q. Robin (promoted Lance Corporal in Egypt, in charge scouts, killed in action 28 April); Private T.A. Whyte (died of wounds, 30 April 1915); Private A.S. Blackburn (promoted Lieutenant August 1915); Private W.O. Jose (promoted Lieutenant January 1916, attached 50th Battalion); Private M. Teesdale Smith (killed in action 25 April). Absent from the photograph is Private A.A. Smith who was promoted Sergeant and returned to Australia March 1915.

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 16 cm x 11.4 cm (image), 25 cm x 21.5 cm (mount)

Dates / Publication details

1914

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Blackburn, Arthur Seaforth, 1892-1960
Fisher, Guy, 1890-1968
Gordon, John Rutherford, 1895-1978
Jose, Wilfred Oswald, 1895-1917
Meldrum, Eric Douglas, 1892-1922
Robin, Philip de Quetteville, 1884-1915
Stokes, Francis Herbert, 1890-1915
Smith, Malcolm Teesdale, 1890-1915
Whyte, Thomas Anderson, 1886-1915
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns
World War, 1914-1918 -- South Australia

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General notes

D 7219(T) gives further biographical details about the men in the photograph.

Digitisation information

Date

18/05/2012

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,417 x 4,051 pixels (21.9 MP)

Size

65.86 MB

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