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Black & White Photograph Postcard of Pte. Albert George SCOTT, William SLADE and Fred Alan SCOTT

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c. 1915

Overview

Black & white photograph postcard of Pte. Albert George SCOTT 892 with William SLADE 893 and Fred Alan SCOTT 894, all in full uniform. Postcard was sent by Albert to his sweetheart, Olive.

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Registration number

cwa-org-12-2017.15.18

Item type

Themes

War and Conflict > World War 1

Material

Width

89 mm

Height or length

140 mm

Weight

3 g

Inscriptions and markings

Handwritten in black ink on rear of postcard - “Dear Olive / This is a photo / of two of my mates. The / one standing is William / Shade, the other chap / sitting down is Fred / Scott, he is no relation / of mine. They are both / W.A. lads Shade is in / the same as myself & / Fred is in the 3rd Rein / of the 28th Battalion. / He has not been over / to the front yet so he / has something to go / through. Good bye / I am / your loving / Sweetheart / George SCOTT” with “George of right” written in red ink at bottom.

Contextual Information

Black & white photograph postcard of Pte. Albert George SCOTT, with William SLADE and Fred Alan SCOTT, (no relation). Albert SCOTT (seated right) and William SLADE (standing) were of the 10 L/H and Alan SCOTT, (seated left) was with the 26th Battalion.

Keywords

10th Light Horse Regiment

First World War

Place made

Egypt

Year

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Well provenanced

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-35.030449, 117.912878

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Black & White Photograph Postcard of Pte. Albert George SCOTT, with William SLADE and Fred Alan SCOTT

Black & White Photograph Postcard of Pte. Albert George SCOTT, with fellow soliders William SLADE and Fred Alan SCOTT

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