Photograph of the 22nd Battalion Machine Gun Section, January-February 1916
Photograph of the 22nd Battalion Machine Gun Section, January-February 1916
About this item
Full title
Date
1 January - 28 February 1916
Call Numbers
MPG/223
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Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
1 photograph - 20.7 x 27.8 cm - silver gelatin
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
1 group photograph depicting the members of the 22nd Battalion Machine Gun Section, dressed in uniform outside the Officer's Mess of the School of Instruction. The men are in four rows, with the first row seated on the ground and holding machine guns. These are likely to be those used to train officers, including machine gun and Lewis gun.
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Alternative Titles
Full title
Photograph of the 22nd Battalion Machine Gun Section, January-February 1916
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Subjects of the photograph are identified on the verso.
Verso adds: "Photo taken at School of Instruction Zeitoun. Egypt. Caint. Adjnt[?] Ltd Col. Coulston. Machine Gun Instructor. Sgt. Major Jones."
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers, January 2017
Administrative / Biographical history
The 22nd Battalion was first deployed to Gallipoli in September 1915 and remained in the lines until the evacuation. It had departed for France by March 1916, whilst under the control of Sir Archibald Murray. Some of the responsibilities of the school included training "officers in all branches of warfare" such as "machine-gun, Lewis gun, signal an...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MPG/223
Record Identifier
nZNWMv2n
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nZNWMv2n
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1006156
