Group portrait of C Company, 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion, Brighton Camp. The following code ...

Group portrait of C Company, 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion, Brighton Camp. The following code represents the fate of many of the soldiers in this portrait. (KIA) indicates killed in action February to March 1942 in Java. (POW) indicates taken prisoner of war of the Japanese in Java and survived the war. (POW*) indicates died as a POW at a Burma-Thailand camp. (POW**) indicates died as a POW when the Japanese prison ship Tamahoko Maru was sunk by the submarine USS Tang on 24 June 1944 off the coast of Nagasaki, Japan. Back row, left to right: TX3222 Basil Charles Douglas Walsh; TX3303 Aubrey (Aub) Ernest Ling (POW); TX3136 Lorrimer (Lorrie) Anzac Von Stieglitz (POW); TX3058 Ray 'Gunner' Miles (POW); TX2324 George Knowles; TX2265 Roy Charles 'Ali' Barber (POW); TX2312 Charles (Charlie) Arthur Hobson (POW); TX3558 Raymond David 'Dago' Durham; TX2355 Frank James Harris; TX2419 Charles William Priestley (POW); TX3219 Neil Montague (Monty) Smith (POW); TX2584 John (Johnny) Wesley Lamprill (POW); TX3189 George Leslie (Les) Frazer Acheson (POW); TX2483 Joseph Royden (Roy) Lette (KIA); TX3265 Leonard (Len) Lindsay McCulloch (POW); and TX2348 Edwin (Ted) Charles 'Nance' Dare (POW). Seventh row: TX2343 John (Jack) Walter Ellis; TX2361 Stanley Raymond 'Mickie' Hallam (POW*); TX3248 Loch Knyveth Roberts; TX2214 James (Jim) Henry Robert Smith (POW*); TX3184 Geoffrey (Geoff) Ashman (POW**); TX3224 Cecil Robert Jarman; TX3127 Thomas (Tom) Henry Faulkner; TX3544 Thomas (Tom) Arthur Gatenby (POW); TX2436 Clem Snowden 'Buck' Ludbey (POW); TX3210 Thomas (Tommy) Richard Butler; TX2542 Leonard (Lennie) Leigh Hall; TX3084 Desmond (Des) Howard Jackson (POW); TX3751Stanley (Stan) Arthur 'Mo' Crawford (POW**); TX2531 Thomas (Tom) Wilson Rolls (POW*); and TX3266 Robert Max 'Mick' McCulloch (POW). Sixth row: TX3992 Bertram (Bert) Ernest Sayer (POW); TX2354 Thomas (Tom) Gordon Keating (POW); TX2443 Leonard (Len)Thomas Cass; TX3653 Clarence (Clarry) Edwin McCulloch (POW); TX2409 Arthur (Artie) Edward Lawson (POW); TX1642 Lindon (Len) John French (POW); TX3163 Alexander (Alec) Stewart McKenzie; TX1245 Frederick (Fred) Bowling (POW); TX3019 William (Bill) Robert Morphett; TX3086 Geoffrey (Geoff) Ernest Button; TX2333 Leslie (Les) Royal James Jones (POW); TX3742 Bernard (Bern) Francis Dobson; TX3754 Adye Glen Rockliff (POW); TX3008 James (Jim) Gilbert Shepherd (POW); TX1635 Ronald (Ron) Jeffrey Harvey (POW); and TX3137 Charles William 'Tom' Button. Fifth row: TX2491 Richard (Dick) Stephen Clark (POW); TX2360 Arthur 'Scotty' Sinclair (POW*); TX3178 Lachlan Robert (Bob) McDonald (POW*); TX3249 Kenneth (Ken) George Gunton (POW**); TX3158 Walter (Wallie) Randall Gibbs; TX1636 Norman Cecil (Bluey) Downie; TX2202 Trevor Clarence 'Pony' Hack; TX2259 Charles (Charlie) Roland John Alderton (POW); TX3361 Archibald (Arch) Henry Flanagan (POW); TX3748 Douglas James (Jimmy) Lee (POW); TX1739 Alan Gordon Brown (POW*); TX2242 Richard Jack Dransfield; TX1643 Ray Keith Bennett (POW); TX3767 Douglas (Doug) Stewart Rowe; and TX3737 John (Jack) Edward Clarke (POW**). Fourth row: TX3230 Raymond (Ray) Cecil Shave (POW); TX3647 Ian Mervyn Weir de Bomford; TX3243 James Marcus (Mark) Crisp (POW); TX1962 John (Jack) Leary; TX3559 Horace (Harry) Benjamin Talbot (POW); TX2218 Henry (Harry) John Whelan (POW); TX2472 Dariss Charles Ashlai 'Joe' Cornish; TX2791 Brian Hilary Breheny (POW); TX2215 Kenneth (Ken) Melville Tregear; TX1924 Athol Alfred Flint (POW); TX1756 Herbert Percy (Perce) Keach; TX3246 James (Jim) Children Diprose; TX2449 Leonard (Len) Ethelbert Devine; TX1944 Douglas Frank Rossiter; TX2351 Gerald Maxwell (Max) 'Booter' Burbury; TX1992 David William (Billy) Welsh (POW*); TX4043 Gordon Ralph Hart (POW); TX2334 John Edward 'Joe' Palmer; TX2389 Alex Charles 'Joe' Rolls (evaded capture by Japanese on Java); and TX3236 Thomas (Tom) Norman Echo Bishop. Third row, seated: TX3107 Lovel Blake Davis; TX1662 John (Jack) Gerald Breheny (POW); TX1552 Leslie William 'Danny' Howarth; TX3123 Stanley John 'Bryce' Watson; TX2219 George Hermann Lush; TX1766 Henry Hector MacFie (later MC); TX1906 Sydney John (Jack) Goodrick (POW); TX2098 Cecil George 'Tim' Brettingham-Moore (POW) (later MC); VX17441 Roy Russell 'Speed' Gordon (OC),(later DSO; CBE(M) and AM); TX2084 John Kennedy (2IC) (POW); TX2083 Peter Revill Clemons; TX2207 Norman (Norm) Royle Thompson (POW); TX3297 George Walker Edwards; TX1558 Owen Morgan 'Sandy' Parsons, (CSM) (POW*); TX1536 Eden (Denny) William Love (POW); TX1737 George William Keach; and TX1738 Jack Henry Wotton Jarman. Second row (kneeling or crouching): TX2398 Charles 'Bunny' Doherty (POW); TX2279 Arthur Milton 'Claude' 'Trif' Triffett; TX3080 Thomas (Tommy) Lewis (POW); TX3464 Sidney (Syd) Herbert 'Rightio' Burton (POW*); TX2528 John (Jack or Jackie) Tasman Parker; TX3719 William (Billy) Bevan Lyall (POW); TX1771 Len William Kelly; TX3062 Leslie (Les) Arthur Adams; TX3562 Maxwell (Maxie) Sydney Faulkner (POW); TX3108 Ernest (Ernie) Albert Rushton (POW); TX1639 Eric 'Shorty' Kearney (POW); TX1774 William (Bill) Robert Breen (POW*); TX3042 Wason Herbert Watsford 'Bill' Arnold (POW**); TX2622 Athol Rex 'Hookey' Heathcote (POW); TX3739 Lewis (Lew) William Ewington ; TX3020 Percy James 'Bunny' Warren; TX3736 Russell Michael 'Chap' 'Dobbie' Dobson (POW); TX2437 Alfred John (Jack) Kebblewhite (POW); and TX2920 Ernest (Ernie) James 'Donk' Dare (POW). First row, seated on ground: TX3215 Robert (Bobby) Daniel Donovan; TX2464 Leonard George 'Bluey' Michael; TX3174 William (Billy) Eric Marshall; TX3476 Reginald Stewart 'Rex' Ritchie; TX3125 John (Jackie) Charles Leaman (POW); TX3048 Harold Stanley 'Snowy' Ashman (POW); TX2504 Bruce Allen Ford (POW); TX2547 Clement (Clem) Newman; TX2384 Ashley Athol Alec ”Acker” Woods (POW); TX3199 William (Bill) John Sayer (POW**); TX2288 John (Jack) Francis Hill (KIA); TX3211 Colin Stuart 'Jerry' Thorne (POW); TX3269 Richard Raymond 'Ted' Oliver (POW); TX2510 Jack Douglas (Doug) Ford; TX3304 Elton Lyle Smith; TX2522 Alan Whelan (POW); TX2451 Alfred (Alf) William Theodore Hill (POW); and TX3238 Herbert John (Jack) Oliver (POW**). Lying in front: TX3300 Charles Noel Collins (POW); and TX3652 Reginald John McWilliams (POW). Absent from portrait: TX2341 Reginald John Monks (POW); TX2097 Brian Guy Clennett; TX1763 Frederick Arthur 'Brownie' Marriott; TX1909 James Alfred (Alf) Laugher (POW); and TX1419 W B 'Ces' [Alexander ?] Luttrell.