4th Pioneer Battalion, No 23 Training Camp, Lark Hill, Wiltshire, England, 1916

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Title4th Pioneer Battalion, No 23 Training Camp, Lark Hill, Wiltshire, England, 1916Date Created1916AcknowledgementFrom Selection to Discovery Grant from State Library of QueenslandWorkshops Rail Museum

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CountryLark Hill, Wiltshire, EnglandGeo Coordinatesnot specified

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DescriptionA group of men from Ipswich, Queensland at the Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire camp just before the group left for France and Belgium. A member of this group, Arthur Bennett, worked at the Railway Workshops at North Ipswich, and served in the Citizens’ Forces from 1910 where he obtained the rank of Staff Sergeant Major as a drill instructor at Victoria Barracks, before enlisting in 1916. Back row: J Renton, N Jarvis, V Banks, J Nethercote, R Battye, N Atkinson, L Cullum, A Broughton. Centre: R Bahr, J Barlow, L Mason, A Jeffrey, G Uridge, W McCurdie, A Elliott, N Sharpe, H Jeffrey. Front row: J Armstrong, W Bowles, A Broughton, J Palmer, Arthur Bennett, J Cameron W Kennedy, G Hart, A Careless. The odd shaped boulders in front are iceblocks tipped from fire buckets.

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EventsWorld War I (1914-1918)SubjectsMilitary uniformsGroups (people)Military camps

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Reference IDqips-2014-03-24-0001Asset TypeImage - JpegColour or Black & White ImageSepiaOrientationLandscapeGenreGroup PortraitsMilitaryPhysical DescriptionPrintCopyright NoticeReproduction rights remain with Workshops Rail Museum, North Ipswich. For use of an image contact the Museum.CopyrightPicture Ipswich Copyright Information

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