Object numberM2007/026:001
DescriptionThis is a Frank Hurley Photograph of Members of the Australian 1st Division Pioneers digging out a gun belonging to the 104 Howitzer Battalion which was trying to haul their gun forward after the advance near Hannebeek, in the Ypres Sector. Identified are: Sergeant (Sgt) J Howell (leaning on a shovel, behind the Howitzer, second from the left); Private Sadler, (centre foreground beside the Howitzers wheel); Sgt Pallbrook (standing behind Sadler); Lieutenant McCullagh (or O'Toole) (extreme right smoking pipe). (None of the identified AIF members are Jewish however Frank Hurley is a well known Australian photographer important in Australia’s wartime history). Information on this photo provided by the Australian War Memorial.
Production placeAustralia
Production date circa 1918
Production periodWWI
Subjectphotography, military service
Object namephotographs
Materialphotographic emulsion, photographic emulsion, paper, paper
Dimensions
- height: 166.00 mm
width: 215.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection