Summary
One of 185 black and white photographs in an album, taken in France during World War I by Sergeant John Lord. Some pages are blank.
Photographs in the album depict army camps, hospitals, trenches, early tanks, landscapes, cemeteries and graves and groups of posed Australian soldiers. The places Lord mentions in his captions are La Boiselle, Quarry Siding, Pozieres, Albert, Bapaume and Favreuil.
The album was one of many souvenirs brought back to Australia after World War I by John Lord (service # 6252). He donated photograph albums, images, documents and World War I memorabilia to Museum Victoria.
Description of Content
Photo of the camp and dressing station at the Quarry in Montauban. Wounded Australian soldier with bandaged face and slouch hat in the foreground. Next to the soldier there is a possible barbed wire metal fencing post. Several huts, horse carts in the imidiate background and rest of the camp in the far background.
Physical Description
Black and white silver gelatin photographic print.
More Information
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Acquisition Information
Donation from J. Lord, 1986
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Photographer
Sergeant John Lord, Montauban-de-Picardie, Somme, France, circa 1916
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Hand-written on secondary support left side of photo: 'Quarry camp / Slightly Wounded' Hand-written on secondary support right side of photo: '752' Printed with black ink or marker pen in the lower left corner of the photo: '752'
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
66 mm (Width), 41 mm (Height)
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Image Dimensions - Photograph album page
100 mm (Width), 162 mm (Height)
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Keywords
World War I, 1914-1918, Battle of the Somme (Somme Offensive), 1916
