• Title
  Photographs relating to World War I, 1914-19, belonging to William Milne Burgess
• Creator
  William Milne Burgess, 1886-1970
• Call number
  PXB 76
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1914-1919
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  887778
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  55 photographs - various sizes
  
• Collection history
  The photographs belonged to the donor's father, and were presented in April 1972. In December 1978 Mrs Bartram presented further photographs relating to World War 1 which had belonged to her father (PXA 1328). In January 1981 the donor presented biographical notes on her grandfather Rev Dr John Burgess (MLDOC 3300), where some biographical information about William Milne Burgess can also be found.
• Scope and Content
  1. W.M. Burgess standing at Right Back.
  2. H.M.A.S. Australia
  3. T.S.S. Argyllshire
  4. Grave of Lieut. S.S. Burgess
  5. Croix du Bac after German offensive.
  6. The Lys near Sailly after German offensive
  7. Armentieres after German offensive, avenue near the Sauare
  8. The Battle of Polygon Wood. September 20th, 1917.
  9. Armentieres after German offensive. Street to the station
  10. H.M.T. Wiltshire at Cape town 24/07/1919
  11. Lille
  12. Armentieres
  13. Victory march through London, 3rd May, 1919. Colonial artillery passing Victoria Memorial
  14. H.M.A.S. Australia in the Firth of Forth, before it went to help in the escort of the German surrendered ships on 21 November, 1918.
  15. Victory Mach through London, 3rd May, 1919. Australian troops in Constitution Hill
  16. Victory March through London, 3rd May, 1919. Australians passing Trafalgar Square
  17. Anzacs in France. A visit from the King.
  18. Anzacs in France. A burial on the Battlefield.
  19. Anzacs in France. Hot work in hot weather
  20. Anzacs in France. Cheers for the King.
  21. Grave of Gunner E.A.M. Jones.
  22. Anzacs in France. Back from Pozieres.
  23. Anzacs in France. Machine Gunners out of the trenches.
  24. Anzacs in France. "Some" shave
  25. Anzacs in France. Drawing water for the gun crew
  26. Christmas greetings with Australian Commonwealth Military Forces emblem.
  27-28. On the Somme probably near Pozieres.
  29. Albert Cathedral, Somme
  30. Messines
  31. Messines Crater from a big mone
  32. Flers. Turk trench
  33. Bapaume?
  34. Emblem of the 9th Engineers. Australian Commonwealth Military Forces.
  35. 2 unidentified nurses
  36-38. 3 unidentified ships
  39. Men loading guns
  40. A camp
  41. Horses enclosure
  42. Unidentified house with tents in foreground
  43. Group photograph of officers
  44. An unidentified officer
  45. Soldiers in battle
  46-55. 10 aerial views of bombed fields
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Created before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Finding Aids
  Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room -
• Description source
  
  Information transferred from pictures card catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010
• General note
  
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1014712
• Subject
  World War, 1914-1918.
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  ships
  armed forces
  army officers
  military & war structures & sites
  military parades
  war graves
  aerial photographs
  war damage
  victory celebrations
  
• Place
  France
  London (England)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE137498

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