| Accession Number | 118844 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Maker |
Rainsford, Ross John |
| Place made | At sea |
| Date made | 9 October 1945 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Group portrait of HMAS Manoora personnel of Blue Watch grouped on A Deck. The ship's personnel ...
Description
Group portrait of HMAS Manoora personnel of Blue Watch grouped on A Deck. The ship's personnel are grouped into three watches (named Red, White and Blue) of eight hours duration. Possible identifications from left to right, back row: S10476 Able Seaman (AB) Glendon Albert ‘Glen’ Simmonds; unidentified; F4399 AB Norman Edward Townsend; unidentified; B4231 AB William Stephen Frederick Beston; H2299 AB Robert John Flett; B3855 AB Arthur Ronald Imison; three unidentified; PA3215 AB Desmond Roy Roach; PA3058 Stoker Colin Willington; Stoker George "Rocky" Gardner; PA3130 Stoker William Mervyn ‘Bill’ Schloithe; four unidentified; B3546 Stoker Robert Ernest Claude ‘Tubby’ Turbet; two unidentified.
Second row; five unidentified; S6977 AB John Robert ‘Jack’ Timmins; S8309 AB William ‘Bill’ Hird; S7223 Raymond Charles Mathews; all others in this row are unidentified.
Front row: seven unidentified; S7250 Ronald Gordon Ayres; B4193 AB Donald George Carswell; unidentified; PA3297 AB Leonard Max Cunningham; two unidentified; 19516 Petty Officer (PO) Sick Berth Attendant (SBA) Hugh Robert Mayes; PA2525 PO SBA Ronald Jack Fuss; unidentified; AB ‘Tubby’ Cannon.