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Men of the Adelaide Battery of Artillery on parade [PRG 280/1/15/190] • Photograph

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Summary

Adelaide Battery of Artillery, taken on the old Parade Ground, on the site of the South Australiam Museum. The building on the right is the old Ordnance Store, and that on the left the Police Barracks. Colonel L.B. Matthews (on horse) commanded the Battery. The officers from L -R are Lieut J.L.R. Fiveash, Capt. W.D. Claxton, and Lieut. B. Solomon. The battery wore the imposing blue Garibaldi jackets with scarlet facing and stripes. The guns are six-pounders. The Battery practised at Glenelg and fired from the south side of the jetty into the sea at a target placed on Oyster Point. Other members of the Battery included Sgt. C. Wells, Sgt. Charles White of Fulham, Cpl. Thomas Barnett, Gunner Frederick W. Botting of the Lands Office is the tall figure on the extreme right of the picture, Gunner Daniel Lawrence and Gunner J. N. Perry.

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Physical description

photograph; 14 x 20 cm

Dates / Publication details

1877

Collection

Part of Searcy Collection

Subject

South Australia. Army. Volunteer Military Force
Ordnance -- South Australia -- Adelaide
Soldiers -- South Australia -- Adelaide

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General notes

Photograph published in the Observer Newspaper, 1 January 1916, pg.30.

B 292 is the same photo.

Digitisation information

Date

26/09/2001

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,030 x 2,077 pixels (6.3 MP)

Size

6.30 MB

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