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Photograph - 38TH BATTALION 1938-41, Unknown

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Physical description

Four photos B & W on grey coloured card backing.
1. Group photo, part Unit Camp 1938.
2. Group photo 38th Battalion 1938 including Lt.Col Swatton.
3. Group photo "MG Coy 38th Battalion Mt Martha 1940.
4. Group photo HQ 38th Battalion Seymour 1941.

Inscriptions & markings

1. “Passchendaele Barracks Trust”
2. “On loan from the Estate of Colonel J.W. Swatton, Ref No. JWS P/-18. C.Fitch & Son Photographer”
3. “Mt Martha 1940 from the Estate of Colonel J.W. Swatton, Ref No. JWS P/-/7”

Subjects

Identifier

8974.4P

Date made

Unknown

Place made

Mt Martha, Vic, Seymour, Vic

Materials

Photo paper

Measurements

Width: 35 centimetres, Height: 25 centimetres

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Victorian Collections

https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/6a2a2ebce13c43b14db9c4d6

Accessed 7 July 2026

This record was last updated 14 days ago

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