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Charles John Pretty [B 74979] • Photograph

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Summary

Half-plate glass negative of Private Charles John Pretty wearing World War One military uniform including slouch hat, standing in front of a background of a woodland path. Written on original paper envelope: 'C.J. Pretty. 27th Inf. B Coy. Beachport South East. 2374. 1 doz cabs & Bro. 15/-'.

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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

Pretty, Charles John, 1893-1916
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. 421 Private Charles John Pretty, son of Walter Charles Pretty and wife Sophia (nee Skeer), worked as a butcher in Beachport, South Australia before he enlisted with the AIF on 26 January 1915, aged 21. He served with the 27th Battalion, B Company, and embarked from Adelaide on board the HMAT A2 'Geelong' on 31 May 1915. He served in Gallipoli and the Middle East, was promoted to Lance Corporal in November 1915, and died of disease on 30 January 1916, buried in the Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.

Digitisation information

Date

29/07/2016

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

9,597 x 13,214 pixels (126.8 MP)

Size

126.84 MB

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