| Accession Number | P12040.002 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | June 1941 - August 1942 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Outdoor group portrait of members of Headquarters, 2/2 Australian Field Regiment during their ...
Description
Outdoor group portrait of members of Headquarters, 2/2 Australian Field Regiment during their campaign in the Middle-East from April 1940 to August 1942.This image is from the collection of VX5354 Sergeant Keith Lindsay Lewtas.
Identified left to right; back row
1. VX1440 Gunner (Gnr) Basil Geoffrey Gale; 2. VX16089 Gnr Ivan Peters Allen; 3 VX35682 Gnr Colin Holmes; 4. NX70080 Gnr Richard Arthur James (Dick) Graham; 5. VX56907 Gnr Alexander Bruce Cameron; 6. VX758 Gnr Alfred Charles (Alf) Stargatt; 7. 3165689 (VX11850) Gnr William Hull, DCM; 8. VX1139 Gnr David (Dave) Bennett; 9. 31997 (VX5354) Sergeant (Sgt) Keith Lindsay Lewtas; 10. Gnr A Levera; 11. VX5602 Lance Bombadier (L Bdr) Norman Leonard Denham; 12. VX24929 Gnr John Mervyn Whitehead; 13. VX41411 Gnr Ivan Harold Whitehead; 14. VX35421 Gnr George Ramsay; 15. VX1002 Gnr William Robert Swalwell; 16. VX554 Gnr Edward James Condon.
Third row:
1. VX15405 Gnr Walter Lawrence; 2. VX710 Gnr Leslie Harold Pallamountagne; 3. NX169445 (N230756) Gnr Arthur William Cook; 4. Gnr Bill Bryant; 5. VX45726 Gnr David John Murphy; 6. VX16728 Gnr Ernest Lidden Hutchinson; 7. VX17088 Gnr James Millan Wright; 8. VX995 Gnr Walter Emerson (Wallie) Barker; 9. VX849 Gnr Baxter Frederick William (Mick) Drayton; 10. VX635 Corporal (Cpl) Clifton Frederick (Cliff) Brown; 11. VX14500 (VX2951) Gnr John Albert Wayne; 12. VX482 Gnr Thomas Kingsley Osborne; 13. VX35996 Gnr Mark Carroll; 14. VX11871 Gnr Ronald Blair McKay; 15 VX31560 Gnr Jack Stewart Miller; 16. VX2029 Bombadier (Bdr) John David (Jack) Blackley.
Second row:
1. Gnr Rodgers; 2. VX982 Sgt Cyril Stephen Murray; 3. VX667 Sgt Alan Davey Burton; 4. Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Burgess; 5. VX11522 WO2 Mathew Keith Houghton; 6. VX90 Major Roy Ford Jaboor, OBE; 7 VX86 Lieutenant Colonel William Edward Cremor, CBE, OBE; 8. VX350 Captain (Capt) Alexander Maynard Dunlop Henderson; 9. 3101001 (VX220) Capt William Dudley Refshauge, OBE; 10. VX14683 Lieutenant (Lt) Andrew Chalmers Hamilton; 11. VX7159 Sgt Clifford Raymond (Cliff) Kilburn; 12. VX863 Sgt Eric Sydney Turner.
Front row:
1. VX890 Bdr James David (Jim) Lee; 2. 31459 (VX823) Bdr Claude Frederick Wilshier; 3. VX13825 Gnr John Wesley Wright; 4. Gnr McCarthy; 5. Gnr Stewart; 6. VX837 Gnr Claude Thomas Beavis; 7. VX106087 Gnr John Granger (later died of illness 8 Jun 1945); 8. Gnr McIntosh; 9. VX566 Gnr John Robert Shepherd; 10. Gnr Jock Mcleod; 11. VX25748 Gnr John Archibald (Jock) Girvan; 12. VX45465 Gnr Leonard Roy Stevens; 13. VX13045 Gnr William Edward Napier.