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Frederick George Sylvester McNeill [B 74939] • Photograph

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Summary

Half-plate glass negative of Private Frederick George Sylvester McNeill in World War One military uniform, including slouch hat and rifle by his side, and standing in front of a background of a woodland path. Written on original paper envelope: 'F.G.S. McNeill 2505. 1 Doz Cab. + Brom. Q note 12/6'.

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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

McNeill, Frederick George Sylvester, 1898-1948
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

No. 6801 Private Frederick George Sylvester McNeill worked as a labourer in Rosewater, South Australia before he enlisted with the AIF on 7 September 1916, aged 18. He served with the 10th Battalion, 22nd Reinforcement and embarked from Adelaide on board the HMAT A19 'Afric' on 7 November 1916. He returned to Australia on 20 May 1919.

Digitisation information

Date

26/07/2016

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

9,622 x 13,107 pixels (126.1 MP)

Size

126.14 MB

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