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Name/TitleBaddeley-Owens World War One photo album

About this objectPhoto album of photographs and postcards related to the service of George Thomas Owens. It includes many family photos, postcards of places he was stationed while overseas during WW1, and many others, including family members and his home. He has also written 'I've been to all the places in this book!'

George Thomas OWEN, Regimental Number 1289 was born in Granville, NSW. His religion was Church of England and his occupation was Furnaceman. George enlisted in the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces 18 July 1915, he was married, aged 34 and his next of kin was his wife Mrs Elizabeth Maude Owen, 32 Union Street, Wickham, Newcastle, NSW.

His rank on enlistment was Private and his unit 30th Battalion, Headquarters and he embarked from Sydney, NSW on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 9 November 1915.

His Rank from nominal roll was Lance Sergeant and his unit from nominal roll was 14th Field Ambulance. George was Mentioned in Despatches – Awarded and promulgated, London Gazette, second Supplement, No. 29890, (2 January 1917); Commonwealth Gazette No. 103 (29 June 1917). Recommendation date 12 October 1916. He returned to Australia 28 February 1919.

The photos on display are a selection of some of the amazing photos in this record. The entire album is available through the attached PDF.

Place MadeAustralia

MakerGeorge Thomas Owens

Maker RoleCreator

Date Madec. 1914-1918

Series TitleAlbums

TechniquePrinting

Measurements270 x 240mm

Period1914-1918

Subject and Association DescriptionPage 1 - Jack Charltons dog 'Bounce' good dog, View of Kangaroo Valley bridge, View of a dam (2) Battle Ship
Page 2
This is me George at the Homestead, We had 5,000 Acres Good country but no money - sold it, His is our hut, Having my hair cut by Joe Nairn Boundary Ride on 'Yarrawonga', On Sam ?? Selection, Cassilis, Wool going to Coolah Station.
Page 3
Picture of soldiers on ship, Picture of 6 soldiers (Our medical detail 36th Battalion A.I.F. Doc McPherson, Jack, Goss, Hughie, Bill, & Myself. I Birmingham Hospital, Group of Soldiers at creek, 4 soldiers in shed (2), S.S. Beltana (one soldier with a cross - Buried at Sea), Unknown, Wallangarra building, Charlie &?, Arthur Waters.
Page 4
Picture of Cathedral, Minster Street, Salisbury, Photo of ship at sea, Woman with parasol.
Page 5
Bridge, river, trees, Car, trees, bridge, Belmore Park, Goulburn, Mrs Hartigan & Chas, Cave scene.
Page 6
2 street scenes, lady on park bench, seascape, Man near road, 3 of wire fence.
Page 7
Camping out on a trip with Jack & Charlie, Bert Ritman and Bill Tressida and myself in the middle, Our Car, Cave scene (2), car on road, dam, cave scene, bridge, house.
Page 8
When I was evacuated from France Birmingham Hospital, St Saviours Cathedral, country scene, House on Corner, bush scene, Sawmill above A Boys School, Auburn Street, Goulburn, Street scene, Belmore Park, Goulburn.
Page 9
Locals - Wee all took part in a play 'The Magistrate': Funds for Hospital, Waterfall, street scene, flat topped building, Aisle in a Church, Table and Chair.
Page 10
Man with car, Joe Nairn's Hut, Boundry in for Bowman, Yarrawonga,
river scene.
Page 11
2 photos of 2 soldiers, lone soldier (2), soldier sitting on gate, Sister WW??? France, In hospital Birmingham sent home from here. Jeart, photograph of L.C. Sgt. H. Richardson, Woonona, Killed.
Page 12
People have been very hard to me in London!, Roy Clancy and myself at ??? France, Bill Walmsley one of our detail and a hard case.
Page 13
Trule Road Appin, One of our ??, Jack Charltons Pair of Poníes Trix & Lyla, seascape, dam, man in front of house, picnic, Broker's Pose, Jack and Party.
Page 14
Mrs Charlton, W Alland and George, My Mother, Fitzroy Falls, Cataract Dam, bridge, cave, One of my trips with Jack Charlton, road.
Page 15
Charlie Wynn, George Fennamore, Erni Fitzpatrick, lady with horse, Mrs Helles.
Page 16
Soldier and lady, on Brokers Nose with Jack Children & party, lady on swing, 2 men 1 lady, family group, man, Our home at Sutherland, group of men, man with glasses.
Page 17
2 men, Jack Charlton, Jack Cochrane, Percy Pitman, ?? Cramm & Myself, Jim Charlton, Lady and man with gold sticks.
Page 18
Wire fence, Belmore Park, seascape, group in white, car on bridge, 3 through the bush, man at hedge, ferry on water, bridge.
Page 19
All black and white photos - group, girl, boy, girl, girl, girl, man, bush.
Page 20
2 ladies in white (2), girl near wall, 2 men, Nip and myself, My Mother, My Mothers Brother R.C. Bishop in Service, man with hat.
Page 21
Mrs Chalker and me, Clock, zoo, garden, bridge (2), Madge Hartigan, When I visited my uncle in North Wales .. My uncle,
Page 22
Elephant, road, tree, 2 girls, man, group of men, family group, bride and groom.
Page 23
Taronga Zoo?, 3 girls
Page 24 - blank
Page 25
I ave visited all the places in this album. George Owens.
Page 26 - blank
Page 27
Middlesex Street, Aldgate, Petticoat Lane - I have been in this place, Polly Nathan's Fishshop, Petticoat Lane, Middlesex Street, Petticoat Lane.
Page 28
Princes in the Tower, Tower of London; Gateway of the Bloody Tower, Tower of London -I have been in the Tower.
Page 29
Forth Bridge, Edinburgh; Edinburgh - Forth Bridge; High Street (East End) South Queensferry.
Page 30
1984 At Carnarvon; Armentieres (Nord) College de Jeunes Filles Cabine d'eleve; The End of the Baby Killer.
Page 31
Snowdon from Llyn Gader; Rhyd-Ddu and ath to Snowdon - my Uncle lived in a stone two story house here; Quellyn Lake and Castle Gidwm.
Page 32
Tilshead Rd, Chitterne; Chitterne (18) - I have been in all these places; Chitterne (17).
Page 33
Statue of John Knox, St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh; Baptismal Font and Vesper Bell St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh; Chapel of the Knights of the Thistle, St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh.
Page 34
The Nave, Looking East, St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh; The Organ, St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh; The King's Pew from the Transept, St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh.
Page 35
Rood Screen, Glasgow Cathedral; Blackadder Crypt, Glasgow Cathedral; Rob Roy's Column, Glasgow Cathedral.
Page 36
The Nave, Glasgow Cathedral; Provand's Lordship in 1910, Viewed from Macleod Street; Provand's Lordship Fireplace in South Mid-Chamber.
Page 37
Provand's Lordship in 1843; Provand's Lordship Large Eastern Window, Centre Mid-Chanber, Original House, Showing Stone Seats; Provand's Lordship, Part of the South Mid Chamber Showing Ambrey.
Page 38
St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh; St Giles Cathedral from Chancel looking West, Edinburgh; South Aisle looking East, St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh.
Page 39
Glasgow Cathedral from S.W.; Blackadder Crypt, Glasgow Cathedral; Rob Roys Column, Glasgow Cathedral.
Page 40
Buchanan St Glasgow; Bandstand, Queen's Park, Glasgow; Rouken Glen, Glasgow.
Page 41
Art Galleries, Glasgow; Kelvingrove Park and University, Glasgow; Jamaica Bridge, Glasgow.
Page 42
Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow; Charing Cross, Glasgow; Jamaica St., Glasgow.
Page 43
The Houses of Parliament, London (I have been at all the places in this book. During World War 1; Thames Embankment, London; Captured German UC5 Mine Laying Submarine.
Page 44
Nak of England & Royal Exchange, London; Marble Arch, London; Cranston;s Ivanhoe Hotel.
Page 45
'Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree' (I visited this place); Post Office, Figheldean, Salisbury Plain (this is the Post Office I am writing from); His Majesty the King Inspects troops on Salisbury Plain.
Page 46
Mkt Lavington, E.A.W. Co; Lavington From The Hll; Easterton.
Page 47
Portcullis in Bloody Tower, Tower of London; the Village, Rhydaddu (I have been in this village my uncle lived on the moluntain side. X Post Office; On the Way up Snowdon.
Page 48
View of Raleigh's Walk, Tower of London; Tower Bridge, London; Interior of Bloody tower, Tower of London.
Page 49
The Albert Memorial America; The Albert Memorial Europe; the Albert Memorial Architects.
Page 50
The Albert Memorial Poets; The Albert Memorial Sculptors; The Albert Memorial Painters.
Page 51
The Mansion House Tea Rooms, Rouken Glen, Glasgow; Cathedral, Glasgow; Municipal Buildings, Glasgow.
Page 52
Street scene; Westbury White Horse; Afrique Occidentals (Senegal) - DAKAR - Troops indigenes partant en Colonne.
Page 53
The Alexandra Gardens, Weymouth; The Esplanade Weymouth; Esplanade Devonshire Buildings, Weymouth.
Page 54
Royal Stalls, Thistle Chapel, St Giles, Edinburgh; Northwest Corner and entrance Door, Thistle Chapel, St Giles, Edinburgh;
Robert Louis Stevenson, Born at 8 Howard Pl., Edinburgh 1850, Died at Vailima, Samoa 1894. Memorial Tablet St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh.

FormatPhotograph

Object TypePhotograph Albums

Subject and Association KeywordsSouvenirs

Subject and Association KeywordsAustralian Military Forces

Subject and Association KeywordsMilitary

Medium and MaterialsPaper Cardboard

Style and IconographyPhotograph

Object number2020.495

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