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| View Original: | StateLibQld 2 299915 Photograph of C Company, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, 1st AIF at Salisbury Plain, England, 1916.jpg (1000x186) | |||
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| Keywords: StateLibQld 2 299915 Photograph of C Company, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, 1st AIF at Salisbury Plain, England, 1916.jpg en Photograph of C Company 3rd Pioneer Battalion 1st AIF at Salisbury Plain England 1916 The Queensland Company was raised at the Brisbane Showgrounds with recruits drawn from the main depot at Fraser's Camp After training at Campbellfield in Victoria the Battalion embarked on 6 June 1916 on HMAT Wandilla which sailed via Durban and Capetown reaching Devenport on 26 July With the rest of the Division they moved to Larkhill for three months' training on Salisbury Plain under their newly-appointed commander Major-General John Monash It is assumed that the formal photograph of the almost 200-strong Company was taken during this period Information taken from M B B Keatinge War Book of the Third Pioneer Battalion 1921 1916 handle 10462/deriv/151503 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Military uniforms of Australia Black and white photographs Soldiers of Australia 1916 in Australia Australian Army Salisbury Plain | ||||
