| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 020754 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Maker |
Fisher, Thomas |
| Place made | Libya: Tobruk, North Africa: Libya, Cyrenaica, Tobruk Area, Tobruk |
| Date made | 8 September 1941 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Headquarters Group of the 26th Infantry Brigade, Tobruk. Left to right: Back row: Lieutenant ...
Description
Headquarters Group of the 26th Infantry Brigade, Tobruk. Left to right: Back row: Lieutenant (Lt) W. L. Grott (Polish Cavalry Liaison Officer); SX9990 Lt Hurtle Cummins Morphett; VX1641 Captain (Capt) Leslie Washington Patterson; Major (Maj) A Mawson (Salvation Army); VX25783 Capt Geoffrey Austin; TX986 Lt Ivor Stewart Richards; VX37743 Lt Jack Denholm Linton; Lt G. W. McDonald; VX38845 Lt Joseph Cudlipp; NX28078 Lt John Oliver Morahan. Front row: VX14044 Capt Peter Gebhardt; VX43892 Capt Ronald Charles Cromie (Officer-in-Charge 26th Anti-Tank Company) (Killed in Action, Egypt, 28 July 1942); SX894 Maj Reginald Lawrie Batten (Acting Commanding Officer 2/48th Infantry Battalion), (Died of wounds, Lae, 23 November 1943); Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Bernard Evans (Commanding Officer 2/23rd Infantry Battalion); VX46983 Brigadier Raymond Walter Tovell; Lt Col Allan Spowers (Commanding Officer 2/24th Infantry Battalion); 337501 (VX45) Maj Frank Warren Speed (Brigade Major); VX26586 Capt James Graham Ochiltree; VX15648 Capt Edwin Peter Tivey (Died of Illness while a prisoner of war, Italy, 26 March 1943).