Soldiers, c. 1900

This image shows a group of soldiers in three rows, posing for a photograph. There are ten men standing at the back, eight men kneeling and crouching in the middle row and four men half-lying on the ground at the front. They are dressed in full uniform with slouch hats. Two men are holding small poles with a folded banner/flag. Part of a shed can be seen behind them with large open wooden doors. The cardboard mounting is embossed.

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OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Soldiers, c. 1900

DATE1900

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONHastings-Western Port Historical Society

REG NO.P235

HISTORY

These soldiers are N.C.O.s and gunners of the Hastings Battery, Australian Field Artillery, 1904-1909. They are in front of a gun shed on the Hastings foreshore. There were about fifty men in the No. 6 Battery and the following four were sergeants: J. Harding, D. Mentiplay, A. Denham and F. Stockton. Written on the back in blue biro is: “6/5/60 The property of Harold Haddock 6. Plymouth Street, Hastings To be returned please N.C.O.s & Gunners of Hastings Battery. Australian Field Artillery. 1904-09”. Doug Mentiplay is a sergeant on the left.

DESCRIPTION

This image shows a group of soldiers in three rows, posing for a photograph. There are ten men standing at the back, eight men kneeling and crouching in the middle row and four men half-lying on the ground at the front. They are dressed in full uniform with slouch hats. Two men are holding small poles with a folded banner/flag. Part of a shed can be seen behind them with large open wooden doors. The cardboard mounting is embossed.

SUBJECTS

Armed forces, Military history, Military uniforms, Soldiers, Wars

KEYWORDS

6th Battery, Australian Field Artillery, Hastings, Australian Field Artillery, Denham, A., Haddock, Harold, Harding, J, Hastings Battery, Mentiplay, Doug, Stockton, F.