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W. Pearn [B 74951] • Photograph

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Summary

Half-plate glass negative portrait of W. Pearn wearing World War One military uniform including slouch hat, with a braid or lanyard around one shoulder. Written on original paper envelope: 'No. 2372. Name W. Pearn. Order 1 doz Cabs, 6 Brom. Br Mts 12/6, Framed 15 x 12, 3 inch oak & slip, £1-0-0. Received Feb 21st. To be completed Finish 25th Feb'. Possibly Corporal William Leslie Pearn or his younger brother Private Wilfred Joseph Pearn, who both lived in Unley, South Australia, with their mother Ada Pearn.

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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

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. 1756 Corporal William Leslie Pearn worked as a stockman before he enlisted with the AIF on 7 May 1915, aged 18. He served with the 27th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement, and embarked from Adelaide on board the HMAT A61 'Kanowna' on 23 June 1915. He returned to Australia on 9 September 1916 and was discharged in December 1916 as medically unfit. No. 3662 Private Wilfred Joseph Pearn worked as a chemist's assistant before he enlisted with the AIF on 22 May 1916, aged 18. He served with the 32nd Battalion, 8th Reinforcement, and embarked from Adelaide on board the HMAT A70 'Ballarat' on 12 August 1916. He was mentioned in Corps Routine Orders, and returned to Australia on 5 March 1919.

Digitisation information

Date

29/07/2016

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

9,858 x 13,166 pixels (129.8 MP)

Size

129.81 MB

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