AWM Collection Record: P01383.018

AWM image P01383.018

ID Number: P01383.018
Maker: Johnstone, O'Shannessy & Company
Place made: Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made: c 1919
Physical description: Colour
Summary: This is a restored version of P01383.017. The original is is a framed composite photograph presented to Lieutenant John Hamilton VC by his Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne and the Irish citizens of Victoria on the occasion of the Saint Patrick's Day celebrations in Melbourne, 17 March 1920. The composite photograph comprises portraits of fourteen Victoria Cross winners (ten Roman Catholics and four Protestants, all presumably with Irish backgrounds) with portraits of his Grace Dr Daniel Mannix (the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne) and the entrepreneur John Wren in the centre. The VC winners comprise Private (Pte) William Currey, Sergeant (Sgt) George Howell, Corporal (Cpl) Walter Peeler, Pte John Jackson, Lieutenant (Lt) Joseph Maxwell, Lt John Dwyer, Sgt Maurice Buckley (he was accidentally killed the following year) Pte George Cartwright, Cpl Thomas Axford, Cpl John Carroll, Pte Edward Ryan, Sgt John Whittle, Lt John Hamilton, Lt Lawrence McCarthey. It was probably financed by John Wren.
Credit line: Donor: J B Stephenson
Copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
Related subject: City marches; Group portraits; Portraits; Victoria Cross
Related place: Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Related conflict: Period 1919-1939

Last-Modified: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:35:21 GMT

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