Chowder Bay. NSW. Group portrait of the first officers course for searchlight batteries at the ...

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Clifton Gardens, Chowder Bay
Accession Number P01390.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Hoad, S J
Date made c December 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Chowder Bay. NSW. Group portrait of the first officers course for searchlight batteries at the School of Military Engineering (Fortress and Anti Aircraft). Left to right: back row: Lieutenant (Lt) Arthur Clarke, 54 AASL Coy NT of Vic; Lt Hendricks of NSW; Sergeant (Sgt) Keith Rundin of WA; Sgt K Backhouse of WA; Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) R A (Pop) Beale of WA; Lt John Bathgate of NSW; Sgt Max Boddy, 54 AASL Coy NT, of Vic. Second row: Lt Hardy Smith of Vic; Lt Brian Bath of Vic; Sgt Finlay Anderson of Vic; Lt Norman Butler of Vic; Lt Tom Gadd of Vic; Lt W (Bill) Schmedes of Vic; Lt Harold White of Vic; Staff Sergeant (SSgt) Eric Butler of Vic; SSgt Charles Williams of Vic; Sgt George Gilchrist of Vic; Sgt Jack W Byrne of Vic; Lt George Cawsey of Vic. Front row: Sgt Paul Tierney of NSW; Lt Harley Kloster of NSW; Sgt Stuart Kerr of NSW; Lt Len McKay of NSW; Lt Tom Fogarty, 54 AASL Coy NT of Vic; Chief Inspector Major Frank Hussey, Senior Instructor Lt Max Mackenzie; Lt Ted Johnson of NSW; SSgt Geoff Bowen of NSW; Sgt Eric Stanton of NSW; Sgt Arch Mathieson of NSW. Seated on pavement: Sgt Ken Gribben of NSW and Sgt Chas Frizell.