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First World War Black and White Photograph of Corporal Thomas Leslie LIDDELOW 2472 and Corporal Alexander Robert SUTHERLAND 3013

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1918

Overview

A small black and white photograph of two (2) soldiers behind a Vickers machine gun with ammunition box and bullet bely surrounded by sand. One soldier is wearing military uniform of a hat, shirt with Corporal stripes on the right arm, shorts, and shoes with leggings; he is gripping the gun. The other is laying behind the other wearing a hat and a white undershirt and has a moustache. On the back is a handwritten message in black ink.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2019.4.3

Item type

Photographs

Themes

War and Conflict > World War 1

Material

Ink

Photographic Paper

Width

88.5000 mm

Height or length

61 mm

Weight

1 g

Inscriptions and markings

“The chap in there photos / in a white singlet is / ‘Bob’ Sutherland my / tent mate. A very fine / chap, has been very / good to me. Is an old / S. African soldier so knows / the ropes all right. Doesn’t / drink & sends nearly all / his money home to his wife. / Has got no time for the / ‘Gippos’, & reckons she can / do with it more than / they. So while I stick to / him I’ll be alright.”

Contextual information

Identified is Corporal (later Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant) Thomas Leslie ‘Les’ LIDDELOW 2472 and Corporal Alexander Robert SUTHERLAND 3013 of the 10th Light Horse Regiment.

Keywords

First World War

10th Light Horse Regiment

3rd Machine Gun Squadron

Place made

Egypt

Year

1918

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria