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South Australian army officers [PRG 280/1/6/198] • Photograph

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Summary

A group of South Australian army officers. [Identical to photograph at PRG 280/1/3/133]. A group of army officers, including a padre, outside a tent and identified as "Colonel Lee and his staff". Articles relating to this camp can be found in 'The Advertiser' Monday 31 January 1910, page 10, and Tuesday 11 January 1910, page 12, and these identify personnel in the camp. An almost identical photograph (minus the padre) captioned as 'Headquarters Staff' appeared in 'The Observer' Saturday 5 February 1910, page 28. Not all listed in the papers are pictured, but those who have been identified are: Colonel J.H.A. Lee (centre, middle row); Major Walter Dollman (back row, 4th from right); Lt-Colonel W. Ramsay Smith (front row, on left); Major T.H. Smeaton (middle row, on right); R.A. Duncan and R. Duncan (with large cap badges, back row, 2nd from right and front row on right); and Colonel J. Rowell (middle row, 3rd from left). The padre (back row, centre) is Archdeacon Samwell (see 'The Advertiser', Saturday 29 January 1910, page 1). Percy Middleton Wells is Back Row 3rd from the left. A researcher has discovered an error. Lt-Colonel (Dr) William Ramsay Smith is not the person in the front row on the left, but the one in the centre row, from left. (compare the likeness with that in the photograph "Doctor Ramsay Smith attending a Mayor's garden party in Adelaide [PRG 280/1/15/61]")

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Physical description

photograph; 15 x 20 cm

Dates / Publication details

1910

Collection

Part of Searcy Collection

Subject

Edmunds, William Herbert, 1872-1943
South Australia. Army. Volunteer Military Force

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General notes

Personnel identified as being in the camp: Colonel J.H.A. Lee, R.A.E. (Commandant); Major W.G. Patterson (officer in charge of training and operations); Major Walter Dollman (Deputy-Assistant Quartermaster-General); Lieutenant-Colonel W. Ramsay Smith (principal medical officer); Major T.H. Smeaton (S.O. Engineer Services); Captain W.J.R. Hutchinson (Officers A.I.C.); Lieutenants W.H. Edmunds, B.H. Gillman, P.M. Wells, V.H. Ryan, W. Fewster, E.R. Stow, E.H. Peake and W.M. Stevens; Lieutenant-Colonel J.F. Humphris, D.S.O.; Lieutenants W.G.T. Goodman and W.J. Cowell; R.A. Duncan and R. Duncan (officers automobile corps); Warrant Officer F.H. Trask (garrison sergeant-major); W.O.J. Smallwod (clerk of works); Sergeants M.H.J. Shaw and M.J. Gard (quartermaster- sergeants); Colonel J. Rowell (officer commanding the Brigade at New Brighton).

Digitisation information

Date

09/09/2002

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,045 x 2,242 pixels (6.8 MP)

Size

6.83 MB

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