New Zealand WW1 Artillery portrait

[NickG]

New Zealand WW1 Artillery portrait, taken in the UK by Burton & Garland Ltd (Blackburn & Blackpool locations).
The lady with the white blouse is probably his sister, they look alike (same nose) so she visited from their native New Zealand....
The other might be a British woman? Unless they both came to visit the UK from NZ...Who knows?
but I believe that it is rare to see a soldier flanked by 2 woman in that era in such a formal pose...Probably relatives!

[NickG]

Close ups.
Note artillery badge on NZ "lemon squeezer" hat and his collar insignia.
Artillery, mounted troops, ammo bandoleer also shown...and of course spurs!

[NickG]

back side

[Marc Sherriff]

If you look closer you will see that the collar badges are the later pattern with a lower scroll and different flames.

Marc

[NickG]

True, not exact twins, I noticed that also...so representative pieces of insignia for NZ Artillery Corps in WW1.
Of course multiple insignia sets would have been owned/worn...Nevertheless makes for a nice WW1 display as presented I feel.