OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Soldiers, c. 1900

DATE1900

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONHastings-Western Port Historical Society

REG NO.P370

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. Written on the back in biro is: “L. Mell Elmore”. L.M. Elmore was a previous member of the Historical Society. The names of the soldiers are as follows: Back row: D. Mentiplay, J. White, B. Stockton, B. Mair, ....Hodgins, F. Stockton, ....Haddock. Centre row: G. Barley, F. Barley. Front row: ............, A. Benton, B. Benton, D. Haddock, E. Mead, C. Amendola. The copy and original of this image was owned by Beryl Stockton.

DESCRIPTION

This image shows a group of nineteen soldiers posing for a photograph. There are eleven men standing and eight men sitting or kneeling at the front. They are in the doorway of a wooden building. Two large wooden doors are open on either side of the soldiers. A large piece of the photo paper has been torn away on the right-hand side.

SUBJECTS

Armed forces, Cannons, Defence forces, Guns, Military history, Military uniforms, Soldiers, Wars, Weapons, World War, 1914-1918

KEYWORDS

6th Battery,Australian Field Artillery, Amendola, C., Barley, F., Barley, G., Benton, A., Benton, B., Elmore, L.M., Haddock, D., Hastings 40pr Battery, Mair, B., Mead, E., Mentiplay, D., Stockton, B., Stockton, Beryl, Stockton, F., White, J.