Photographs belonging to William Milne Burgess, ca.1916-1919, 1928
Photographs belonging to William Milne Burgess, ca.1916-1919, 1928
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca.1916-1919, 1928
Call Numbers
PXA 1328
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Photographs and Ephemera
Physical Description
Contents
70 photographs (1 album, 22 loose photographs and 1 mounted photograph) - 21 x 31 cm. or smaller
ephemera (7 postcards)
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Photograph album (48 photographs), including Chinese sports and procession, Gamache, France, 1919; Australians leaving Gamache for Australia, April 1919; Le Havre and other locations in France, May 1919; boat race, Paris - NZ v French 1919 [rowing eights]; Aberdeen, England, Durban, Cape Town. 1919; the Barwon at Brewarrina, September 1919
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Alternative Titles
Full title
Photographs belonging to William Milne Burgess, ca.1916-1919, 1928
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.2503 as part of the eRecords project 2011-2012
Signature / Inscriptions
Album inscribed "Gunner Wm. Burgess 3rd Division Art." inside front cover
Object History
The photographs belonged to the donor's father, and were left to her when he died. Mrs Bartram presented this collection to the Mitchell Library in December 1978. She had previously presented another group of her father's photographs, in April 1972 (PXB 76). In January 1981 the donor presented biographical notes about her grandfather Rev Dr John Bu...
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Mrs Judy Bartram, April 1972 and December 1978
Pic.Acc.2503
Administrative / Biographical history
William Milne Burgess (1886-1970) was the third child of Rev. John Burgess. He was a gunner with 7 Field Artillery Brigade in the First World War, embarking on 11 May 1916 on HMAT Argyllshire. His brother, Stewart Salmond Burgess, was killed in the war in 1918 near Villers Bretonneux. William lived at the Walter Liberty Vernon-designed house St Hel...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 1328
Record Identifier
YEGmkmKn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YEGmkmKn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
949403
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