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Lieutenant Roy Keith Kidman [B 74918] • Photograph

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Summary

Half-plate glass negative portrait of Lieutenant Roy Keith Kidman in World War One military uniform, seated, and holding a cane. Written on original paper envelope: 'Lieut. Kidman. 1 Doz Cabs. Grey Mounts without flags. See WE. 1346. 1 Bro. Show'.

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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

Kidman, Roy Keith, 1893-1980
Military uniforms.
Soldiers -- South Australia.
World War, 1914-1918 -- South Australia.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian.

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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

Roy Keith Kidman worked as a farmer in Naracoorte, South Australia before he enlisted with the AIF on 25 May 1915, aged 22. He embarked from Adelaide on board the HMAT A2 'Geelong' on 18 Novemebr 1915 as a 2nd Lieutenant with the 3rd Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement. He served in Egypt and the Western Front, and was awarded the Military Cross in February 1919 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in command of an outpost, which was attacked by a strong hostile force', and was promoted to Lieutenant. He returned to Australia on 23 July 1919.

Digitisation information

Date

26/07/2016

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

9,701 x 13,283 pixels (128.9 MP)

Size

128.88 MB

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