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P. Smiley [B 74898] • Photograph

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Summary

Half-plate glass negative of P. Smiley in World War One uniform, thought to be Sergeant Percival Vernon Smily, standing in front of a woodland path background. Written on original paper envelope: '3327 P. Smiley 3 Bw'.

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Physical description

1 photograph : glass, negative, black and white ; 16.5 x 12 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1915

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Smily, Percival Vernon, 1893-1915
Military uniforms.
Soldiers -- South Australia.
World War, 1914-1918 -- South Australia.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian.

Catalogue record

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General notes

One of a collection of glass plate negatives of South Australian soldiers, likely produced in metropolitan Adelaide from late 1914 to 1916. The majority of the images are single portraits and demonstrate a wide variety of uniforms, accoutrements and weapons, including swords and rifles with and without fixed bayonets, and various backdrops including outdoors, against buildings, and studio shots with a rural idyll woodland background. Included are portraits of men in twos or groups of three or more, some with wives and sometimes children and parents. Some portraits feature warhorses, senior offices, a quartermaster, and the crew of a West Spring Gun. The original paper envelopes of a number of the glass plates have survived, providing the name of the soldier along with details of the types and quantities of prints ordered. One of the envelopes gives details of the maker, Edwards and Errington of 52 Flinders Street, Adelaide. See B 74889-B 75011, B 75104.

Historical information

No. 338 Sergeant Percival Vernon Smily was born in Adelaide, South Australia and attended Sturt Street Public School. He worked as a railway porter and had previously served in the cadets before he enlisted with the AIF on 21 October 1914, aged 21. He embarked from Melbourne on board the A10 'Karroo' on 11 February 1915 and served with the 9th Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron. He died of wounds on 17 June 1915 in Gallipoli, Turkey, aged 22, and was buried at Chatby War Memorial Cemetery.

Digitisation information

Date

26/07/2016

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

9,499 x 12,173 pixels (115.6 MP)

Size

115.65 MB

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