Group portrait of the 10th. Reinforcements to the 9th Battalion prior to embarkation for active service overseas.

Group portrait of the 10th Reinforcements, part of the 9th Battalion in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) taken prior to their embarkation for active service overseas. Included in the group is Private Charles Tednee Blackman, one of the first Aboriginal Australian soldiers to enlist during World War One. He is in the back row, fourth from the right.

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