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Henry Rowe [B 74986] • Photograph

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Summary

Written on original paper envelope: 'Pte H. Rowe. 1163. 6 Cabs & Bro. 6 Cabs. Mrs Rowe, No 8. Field St, Call at shop. Reorder 1 Doz Pos. Cards 5/-'.

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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

Rowe, Henry
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. 427 Private Henry Rowe of 8 Field Street, Adelaide, worked as a waiter before he enlisted with the AIF on 25 January 1915 aged 23. He served with the 27th Battalion, B Company and embarked from Adelaide on board HMAT A2 'Geelong' on 31 May 1915. He transferred to the 2nd Pioneer Battalion in 1916, was promoted to Lance Corporal, served in the Middle East and France, and returned to Australia on 21 December 1917 because he was medically unfit. He married Maud Elizabeth White in 1914.

Digitisation information

Date

29/07/2016

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

9,721 x 13,112 pixels (127.5 MP)

Size

127.48 MB

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