John Geddes collection

Series 1: Photographs and postcards (1915-1919)

Series number
1
Series title
Photographs and postcards
Date
1915-1919
Scope and content

Photographs and postcards relating to the service of Private John Geddes, during the First World War.

Author / Creator
Geddes, John, 1896-1981
Description
18 black-and-white photographs and
84 x 55 mm
0 picture postcards
Additional format
Digital copies available for selected items
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Conditions of use
You are free to use without permission. Please attribute the State Library of Queensland.

Items in this series:

Photograph (1915)

Unit ID
30625/1
Item title
Photograph
Date
1915
Scope and content

Anzac Beach, Gallipoli. Photograph showing troops and stores on the beach, and many wagons on the shoreline. Inscribed on reverse "Sand Place, Gallipoli. See & look after these mother. Jack".

Description
1 black-and-white photograph
90 x 60 mm
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Digital copy available
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Photograph (1915-1919)

Unit ID
30625/2
Item title
Photograph
Date
1915-1919
Scope and content

Camels heavily laden with sacks of grain or fodder, Egypt.

Author / Creator
Geddes, John, 1896-1981
Description
1 black-and-white photograph
70 x 50 mm
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Digital copy available
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Photograph (1916)

Unit ID
30625/3
Item title
Photograph
Date
1916
Scope and content

Three troopers, probably from the 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Egypt, celebrating Christmas Day.

Author / Creator
Geddes, John, 1896-1981
Description
1 black-and-white photograph
65 x 42 mm
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Digital copy available
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Photograph (1915-1919)

Unit ID
30625/4
Item title
Photograph
Date
1915-1919
Scope and content

Six English Army officers, seated on the steps of one of the Great Pyramids, Giza, Egypt. Inscribed on reverse "Group of Tommy Officers, Pyramids".

Author / Creator
Geddes, John, 1896-1981
Description
1 black-and-white photograph
63 x 45 mm
Additional format
Digital copy available
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Photograph (1915-1919)

Unit ID
30625/5
Item title
Photograph
Date
1915-1919
Scope and content

Three Australian soldiers, outside a captured Turkish dugout after aerial bombing, Middle East. One of the men is possibly Driver Jeffrey Stone, from Toowoomba who served with the 2nd Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron. Inscribed on reverse "Jeffrey Stone with cross under him, Turkish dugout from Aeroplane bombs, entrance to it".

Author / Creator
Geddes, John, 1896-1981
Description
1 black-and-white photograph
63 x 45 mm
Additional format
Digital copy available
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Photograph (1915-1919)

Unit ID
30625/6
Item title
Photograph
Date
1915-1919
Scope and content

Mounted Light Horseman, with pack and rifle, outside stables, Egypt.

Author / Creator
Geddes, John, 1896-1981
Description
1 black-and-white photograph
45 x 62 mm
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Digital copy available
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Photograph (1915-1919)

Unit ID
30625/7
Item title
Photograph
Date
1915-1919
Scope and content

Members of the Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron during an equipment inspection.

Author / Creator
Geddes, John, 1896-1981
Description
1 black-and-white photograph
85 x 55 mm
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Digital copy available
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Photograph (1915-1919)

Unit ID
30625/8
Item title
Photograph
Date
1915-1919
Scope and content

Troops from the Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron at practice wearing gas helmets.

Author / Creator
Geddes, John, 1896-1981
Description
1 black-and-white photograph
85 x 55 mm
Additional format
Digital copy available
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Photograph (1915-1919)

Unit ID
30625/9
Item title
Photograph
Date
1915-1919
Scope and content

Turkish prisoners being escorted through Jerusalem.

Author / Creator
Geddes, John, 1896-1981
Description
1 black-and-white photograph
85 x 62 mm
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Digital copy available
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Photograph (1915-1919)

Unit ID
30625/10
Item title
Photograph
Date
1915-1919
Scope and content

Tractor engine, used for hauling equipment, probably Palestine during the First World War.

Author / Creator
Geddes, John, 1896-1981
Description
1 black-and-white photograph
85 x 62 mm
Additional format
Digital copy available
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Photograph (1915-1919)

Unit ID
30625/11
Item title
Photograph
Date
1915-1919
Scope and content

Turkish soldiers taken prisoner at the crossing of the Jordan River, during the First World War.

Author / Creator
Geddes, John, 1896-1981
Description
1 black-and-white photograph
87 x 65 mm
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Digital copy available
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Photograph (1915-1919)

Unit ID
30625/12
Item title
Photograph
Date
1915-1919
Scope and content

Light Horse troops at rest during a halt, the Middle East.

Author / Creator
Geddes, John, 1896-1981
Description
1 black-and-white photograph
100 x 60 mm
Additional format
Digital copy available
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Photograph (1915-1919)

Unit ID
30625/13
Item title
Photograph
Date
1915-1919
Scope and content

Large body of Light Horse troops and their mounts, at rest, the Middle East.

Author / Creator
Geddes, John, 1896-1981
Description
1 black-and-white photograph
95 x 60 mm
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Digital copy available
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Photograph (1915-1919)

Unit ID
30625/14
Item title
Photograph
Date
1915-1919
Scope and content

Light Horse troops lay out their gear, ready for inspection, the Middle East. Inscribed on reverse "Getting ready for inspection, No 3 Section. Jack".

Author / Creator
Geddes, John, 1896-1981
Description
1 black-and-white photograph
90 x 62 mm
Additional format
Digital copy available
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Photograph (1915-1919)

Unit ID
30625/15
Item title
Photograph
Date
1915-1919
Scope and content

Armoured train nearing campsite, Egypt.

Author / Creator
Geddes, John, 1896-1981
Description
1 black-and-white photograph
90 x 62 mm
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Digital copy available
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Photograph (1915-1919)

Unit ID
30625/16
Item title
Photograph
Date
1915-1919
Scope and content

Mounted troops await inspection by General Chauvel, the Middle East. Inscribed on reverse "General Chauvel inspection Squadron. Jack".

Author / Creator
Geddes, John, 1896-1981
Description
1 black-and-white photograph
87 x 63 mm
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Digital copy available
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Photograph (1917)

Unit ID
30625/17
Item title
Photograph
Date
1917
Scope and content

Vickers Bullet F.B.19 or Bramwell Bullet single-seat bi-plane, used mainly for reconnaissance during the First World War in Palestine. Inscribed on reverse "Vickers Bullet fighting & scouting plane".

Author / Creator
Geddes, John, 1896-1981
Description
1 black-and-white photograph
88 x 62 mm
Additional format
Digital copy available
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Photograph (1915-1919)

Unit ID
30625/18
Item title
Photograph
Date
1915-1919
Scope and content

British single-engine, two-seat biplane B.E.2, donated by the United Commercial Travellers Association, Australia, used in Palestine for reconnaissance and light bombing, during the First World War.  nscribed on reverse "This plane was presented by the Commercial Travellers Association. You can just make out the inscription on the body. Jack." There are two copies of this image.

Author / Creator
Geddes, John, 1896-1981
Description
2 black-and-white photographs
90 x 68 mm
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(18 digital)

Series 2: Postcards (1920-1929)

Series number
2
Series title
Postcards
Date
1920-1929
Scope and content

Photographic postcards relating to the service of Private John Geddes, during the First World War.  Other postcards produced for the Royal Packet Navigation Company, c1920s.

Author / Creator
Geddes, John, 1896-1981
Description
11 photographic postcards
Additional format
Digital copies available for selected items
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Access restrictions
Unrestricted access.
Conditions of use
You are free to use without permission. Please attribute the State Library of Queensland.

Items in this series:

Postcard (1917?)

Unit ID
30625/19
Item title
Postcard
Date
1917?
Scope and content

Light Horse troops engaged in sports day, probably Palestine, c1917.  Inscribed on reverse "Day of the sports at El […]"

Author / Creator
Geddes, John, 1896-1981
Description
1 photographic postcard
106 x 68 mm
Additional format
Digital copy available
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Postcard (1915-1919)

Unit ID
30625/20
Item title
Postcard
Date
1915-1919
Scope and content

Light Horse troops and their mounts, rugged up against the cold, Palestine, 1917. Inscribed on reverse "Morning before Rafa, she was some cold".

Author / Creator
Geddes, John, 1896-1981
Description
1 photographic postcard
112 x 70 mm
Additional format
Digital copy available
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Postcard (1915-1919)

Unit ID
30625/21
Item title
Postcard
Date
1915-1919
Scope and content

The Grande Place, Peronne, the Somme, France.  Inscribed on reverse "This is what the place was like before the Germans were there & the other was how they left it. Dirty dogs arent they. […]"

Author / Creator
Geddes, John, 1896-1981
Description
1 photographic postcard
140 x 85 cm
Additional format
Digital copy available
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Postcard (1920-1929?)

Unit ID
30625/22
Item title
Postcard
Date
1920-1929?
Scope and content

The crater of the Tangkuban Perahu stratovolcano, north of Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, ca1920s.

Description
1 photographic postcard
140 x 90 cm
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Postcard (1920-1929?)

Unit ID
30625/23
Item title
Postcard
Date
1920-1929?
Scope and content

Balai Native Court of Justice, Sinkarak, West Sumatra, Indonesia, ca 1920s.

Description
1 photographic postcard
140 x 90 cm
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Postcard (1920-1929?)

Unit ID
30625/24
Item title
Postcard
Date
1920-1929?
Scope and content

Market traders of maize, Fort de Kock, now known as Bukittinggi, Sumatra, Indonesia, ca 1920s.

Description
1 photographic postcard
140 x 90 cm
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Postcard (1920-1929?)

Unit ID
30625/25
Item title
Postcard
Date
1920-1929?
Scope and content

Bullock and cart, Padang-Pandjang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, ca 1920s.

Description
1 photographic postcard
140 x 90 cm
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Postcard (1920-1929?)

Unit ID
30625/26
Item title
Postcard
Date
1920-1929?
Scope and content

9th-century ruins of Borobudur, Central Java, Indonesia, ca 1920s.

Description
1 photographic postcard
140 x 90 cm
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Postcard (1920-1929?)

Unit ID
30625/27
Item title
Postcard
Date
1920-1929?
Scope and content

Mount Sibayak, near Berastagi, Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, ca 1920s.

Description
1 photographic postcard
140 x 90 cm
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Postcard (1920-1929?)

Unit ID
30625/28
Item title
Postcard
Date
1920-1929?
Scope and content

Traditional native houses, Nias Island, Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, ca 1920s.

Description
1 photographic postcard
140 x 90 cm
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Postcard (1920-1929?)

Unit ID
30625/29
Item title
Postcard
Date
1920-1929?
Scope and content

9th-century Hindu temple of Prambanan, Central Java, Indonesia, ca 1920s.

Description
1 photographic postcard
140 x 90 cm
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Postcard (1920-1929?)

Unit ID
30625/30
Item title
Postcard
Date
1920-1929?
Scope and content

Ships moored in the Port of Semarang, Java, Indonesia, ca 1920s.

Description
1 photographic postcard
140 x 90 cm
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(3 digital)