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Postcard of English soldiers in Egypt. [PRG 1675/6/2/V] • Mixed material

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Summary

Front of the postcard features a colour illustration of English soldiers in a military band, wearing uniforms and pith helmets, marching along a street in Egypt and playing instruments including drums and cymbols, while the local people watch from the sides of the street. On the reverse is a short message written in pencil to Phill's sister Edith Reid in Balaklava: 'Sept 16/9/15, Dear Sister, I am writing this P.C. in our dig out on side of hill. We are quite at home in the [barracks?] a few have been wounded. Love from Phill.' The back of the postcard is written over in scribble and notes, possibly made by a child.

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Physical description

Photograph (print)
black and white
Postcards
black and white
colour
Artefact (WW1 campaign medal)
bronze
Postcard (colour), 8.7 x 13.8 cm.

Dates / Publication details

16 September 1915

Creator

Reid, Effie

Subject

Pittaway, Philip George, 1890-1916.
Australia. Army. Battalion, 27th -- Medals, badges, decorations, etc.
World War, 1914-1918 -- South Australia.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Medals -- Australia.
Soldiers -- South Australia -- Medals.

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Historical information

Philip George Pittaway was born in 1890 to George Francis Pittaway and Jane (nee Hunt). He worked as a labourer in Balaklava, South Australia, before enlisting on 14 January 1915 at the age of 24. No. 171 Private Philip George Pittaway served with the 27th Battalion, A Company, embarking from Adelaide on board the HMAT A2 'Geelong' on 31 May 1915. He served in Egypt and Gallipoli for three months before being sent to France in March 1916. He was killed in action on 5 November 1916 in France during the 27th Battalion's attack on German positions in Flers, and has no known grave.

Digitisation information

Date

10/12/2015

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

6,804 x 4,426 pixels (30.1 MP)

Size

90.58 MB

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