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Postcard - POSTCARD PHOTOS WW1, Edgar Dawson Collection : Sergeants of the 57th Battalion

  • "Alex", sergeant, 57th Battalion. From the Edgar Dawson collection

    "Alex", sergeant, 57th Battalion

  • Sergeant, 57th Battalion. From the Edgar Dawson collection

    Sergeant, 57th Battalion

  • Pay Sergeant, 57th Battalion. Name cannot be identified at this stage. From the Edgar Dawson collection

    Pay Sergeant, 57th Battalion

  • Sergeant, 57th Battalion. From the Edgar Dawson collection.

    Sergeant, 57th Battalion

  • Sergeant, 57th Battalion. From the Edgard Dawson collection.

    Sergeant, 57th Battalion

  • Unidentified soldier, 57th Battalion. From the Edgard Dawson collection

    Unidentified soldier, 57th Battalion

  • "Alex", sergeant, 57th Battalion. From the Edgar Dawson collection
  • Sergeant, 57th Battalion. From the Edgar Dawson collection
  • Pay Sergeant, 57th Battalion. Name cannot be identified at this stage. From the Edgar Dawson collection
  • Sergeant, 57th Battalion. From the Edgar Dawson collection.
  • Sergeant, 57th Battalion. From the Edgard Dawson collection.
  • Unidentified soldier, 57th Battalion. From the Edgard Dawson collection

Historical information

This six-postcard group is the eighth 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


Physical description

1. Studio portrait of sergeant, 57th Battalion
2. Unidentified sergeant, 57th Battallion
3. Pay Sergeant, 57th Battalion
4. Sergeant, 57th Battalion
5 Sergeant 57th Battalion
6. Unidentified soldier, 57th Battalion

Inscriptions & markings

1. On verso "Yours sincerely Alex, March 1916"
2. On Verso "This is a pal of mine in my old company, he was wounded on 26-9-17 and now in Blighty"
3. "This is our pay sergeant, he came over with me. He is a fine chap and comes from Bendigo"

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