Historical information

This six-postcard group is the seventh in a series of records of items in the collection of Edgar Dawson DCM. Dawson was the Regimental Sergeant Major of 57th Battalion, AIF.
C Company of the 57th was composed of men drawn from Echuca, Eaglehawk and Bendigo.
The postcards are from his personal album, and many are annotated in Dawson's hand with explanatory notes on the subject.
Refer to Cat No 893 for his service details. Items originally in album cat. no. 207P
These postcards illustrate the links between battalions, such as the 5th and 47th.

Physical description

1. Group portrait of the Officers and NCOs of C Company, 47th Battalion. 47th Btn was drawn from Queensland and Tasmania, and C company was primarily Queenslanders.
2. Group photo of the signallers and stretcher bearers of 5th Battalion. Dawson note that Josiah and Norman Rolls, from Golden Square in Bendigo, are in photograph.
3. Group photograph of 57th Battalion medal recipients taken outside Exeter cathedral.
4. 57th Btn band
5 HQ Pioneers, 57th Btn, 8th of October 1917. Dawson notes that the man front row extreme right is 50 years old.
6. Group photo of some officers of the 57th Btn

Inscriptions & markings

1. On verso "A.R. Tweddell, 47th Battalion, C Company A.I.F"
2. On Verso "This is a group photograph signallers 5th Battalion Jo and Norm Rolls"
3. "Group taken in Exeter at a a presentation of medals"
4. "This is our band can you pick out Bob Scott"
5. "This is our HQ pioneers who do all our building. The chap on the front row right is fifty years of age and came away with the first contingent. Also the corporal, sergeant and two left had men rear rank"
6. "This is a photo of some of the officers of our battalion. Colonel J.C. Stewart centre, Major R.M. Cotheson on left, Captain Laing M.C. on right. Will tell you the rest when I get home"