Summary
Album page with photograph. The album belonged to George Simpson Millar, an Australian serviceman in the 5th Australian Light House during World War I. The album contains 103 small black and white photographs, mainly of Gallipoli in 1915 and some of France and Belgium. They are believed to have been taken by Trooper George Simpson Millar, service no. 160, 'A' Troop, 'C' Squadron, 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment, 2nd Australian Light Horse Brigade, A.I.F. He served in Gallipoli and France (for some time as an officer in the Imperial Army), returning to Australia in 1919.
The album page contains George S. Millar's personal details during his time in the 5th Light Horse and a photograph of barbed wire and a cross, entitled 'No Mans Land. Ypres. 1917'. In 1917 Millar was serving in the Royal Field Artillery. On 10 August 1917 the Royal Field Artillery was involved in action around Inverness Copse and in Glencorse Wood, close to Ypres. Around 7pm the Germans recaptured the Copse and most of Glencorse Wood.
The photograph partly obscures an address in which the words 'Calto' and Cavendish' are just visible. This may refer to John Calto esq. He is mentioned as C/O in some of George Simpson Millar's correspondence with the AIF about his discharge and subsequent commission in the British Army. His address was then John Calto Esq, 37 Hanover House, Regents Park, London. (There is an New Clavendish Street not far from Regents Park.)
Description of Content
The album page contains George S. Millar's personal details during his time in the 5th Light Horse. The address that is partly hidden behind the photograph of a white wooden cross between high grass and barbed wire.
Physical Description
Monochrome photograph in green and brown-covered album.
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Place & Date Depicted
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Photographer
Lieutenant George S. Millar - Australian Imperial Force (AIF), 1914-1919
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Hand-written in ink: 'No.160 / Trooper Geo.S.Millar / "A" Troop. "C" Squadron. / 5th A.L.H. Regt. / 2nd A.L.H. Bde. / I beg chance this book should roam / Box it [up and ship?] it home./ [Joh?]n Calto /...ndish St / London'. Hand-written in ink on photo: 'No Mans Land. Y'pres. 1917' Bottom right corner of album page, handwritten in pencil: '2'
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Dimensions
85 mm (Length), 55 mm (Width)
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References
Information on action of Royal Field Artillery in Glencorse Wood in August 1917 from Edmonds, J. E. (1948). Military Operations: France and Belgium 1917: Messines and Third Ypres (Passchendaele). History of the Great War Based on Official Documents II (IWM and Battery Press 1992 ed.). London: HMSO. ISBN 0-90162-775-5. Cited in Wikipedia, 'Battle of Pilckem Ridge', [Link 1] accessed 21 Nov 2013.
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Keywords
Australian Army, Militaria: Australian, Military Memorabilia, Portraits, Wars & Conflicts, World War I, 1914-1918