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LF Bowles, World War One Gunner

LF Bowles, World War One Gunner

Object No. 85/1286-1046

This World War One photographic portrait is one of a set of 404 glass plate negatives. They were all taken in New South Wales and the sitters were photographed at a similar time and place in Sydney. Many of the men in these photographs appear to have served with the artillery brigades stationed at 'The Warren' in Marrickville, Sydney. The Australian artillery connection and the fact many have names of the sitters etched onto the glass plate means that collectively they are highly significant records of Australian involvement in the World War One. Geoff Barker, Curatorial, March 2013

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Summary

Object Statement

Photographic negative, studio portrait of Leonard Frank Bowles, World War One, Gunner, 1 Field Artillery Brigade (18th Reinforcements), glass / silver / gelatin, The Warren, Marrickville, Sydney, New South Wales, March-April 1916

Physical Description

Portrait of the head and torso of a World War One soldier. The soldeir is wearing a cap and a bandelier. Insignia on his right shoulder indicates service in the Field Artillery.

DIMENSIONS

Height

163 mm

Width

120 mm

PRODUCTION

Notes

This glass plate was taken by a commercial photographic studio using a medium format camera. It is coated in a silver gelatin emulsion and has the name of the sitter attached to the negative.

HISTORY

Notes

Leonard Frank Bowles served as a Gunner in the 1st Field Artillery Battalion (18th Reinforcements). He embarked Sydney on the HMAT Orsova on 29 June 1916. Having enlisted at Casula on 19 January 1916, Bowles moved to The Warren, Marrickville for training. His enlistment form states that he was a 24 year old farm hand from Patterson NSW who was born in Wiltshire England. On 29 June 1917 Bowles returned from France to hospital in England for treatment of rhuematism in his thigh, hip and arm. The injury to his hip left him unable to walk for several months. Due to the wasting of muscles, Bowles was discharged as medically unfit on 31 July 1918 after returning to Sydney.

SOURCE

Acquisition Date

19 July 1985

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