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Black & White Group Photograph of Officers & Warrant Officers Stationed at Princess Royal Fortress Albany

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1943

Overview

Black & white group photograph of Officers & Warrant Officers of the Fortress Engineers and Heavy Artillery, stationed at Princess Royal Fortress, Albany.

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Registration number

cwa-org-12-2009.9.6

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

105 mm

Height or length

80 mm

Weight

3 g

Inscriptions and markings

In pencil on reverse, “A.NEWMAN / (NOACK) / officers”

Contextual Information

Group photograph taken at Princess Royal Fortress, Albany of Officers and Warrant-Officers of the Fortress Engineers and Heavy Artillery, (Albany Fixed Defences).
Left to Right, Back Row:- Warrant-Officer C. Westerberg, Lieutenant R.R. Crispe, Lieutenant R.E. Kay, Lieutenant J.W.D. Strike, and Warrant-Officer G.M. Beasy; Front Row:- Lieutenant L.J. George, Captain H.J. Smith, Major F.G.M. Vaughan, Captain K.A. Holland, and Lieutenant W.S. Hammond.

Keywords

Princess Royal Fortress

Second World War

Albany Fixed Defences

Place made

Albany
Western Australia
Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

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Comparative significance criteria

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Object’s condition or completeness

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Well provenanced

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Geotag

-35.030449, 117.912878

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Australian War Memorial website

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Princess Royal Fortress Military Museum

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Officers and Warrant-Officers of the Fortress Engineers and Heavy Artillery, Princess Royal Fortress, Albany.

Officers and Warrant-Officers of the Fortress Engineers and Heavy Artillery, Princess Royal Fortress, Albany.

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Back view of photo with inscription.

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