Group portrait of A Company, 42nd Infantry Battalion, CMF, during their annual camp. Identified ...

Accession Number P00893.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: Queensland, Sellheim
Date made c 1955
Conflict Period 1950-1959
Copyright

Item copyright: Status to be assessed

Description

Group portrait of A Company, 42nd Infantry Battalion, CMF, during their annual camp. Identified are: Sergeant Eddie Fewings, an Aboriginal serviceman (standing, left) (who later became Platoon Sergeant) and 2nd Lieutenant (later Lieutenant) William Ewart Gladstone, platoon commander (third from left, front row). The men are holding a variety of weapons including Bren guns, Owen guns, Short Magazine Lee Enfields (SMLE) and a 2 inch mortar.