| Accession Number | P12402.002 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
McPherson, Duncan |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Bonegilla, Australia: Victoria, Bonegilla, Bonegilla Camp |
| Date made | 2 March 1941 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Collection related to John Baptist Valli
Description
Group studio portrait of members of 2/21 Battalion Band.
Identified, left to right, Back Row:
VX37300 Acting Corporal (A/Cpl) John Baptist Valli (POW Laha camp Ambon, executed 20 Feb 1942); VX34252 Private (Pte) John Henry Skeggs (later POW Ambon and Hainan Island, discharged 13 Dec 1945); VX27095 Pte Leslie Lamb (later POW Laha camp Ambon, executed 15 Feb 1942); VX47793 Pte Roy Santilla Hynes (later POW Ambon and Hainan Island, accidental death 8 Apr 1944); VX 40228 Pte Arthur Alfred Hawking (later POW Ambon and Hainan Island, presumed to have died 1 May 1945); VX43008 Pte Alan Thomas Murnane (later POW Ambon and Hainan Island, discharged 13 Nov 1945); VX43049 Acting Lance Sergeant (L Sgt) Roger Crawford Sutton Fyfe (later POW Ambon and Hainan Island, died of illness 13 Sep 1943); VX 23312 A/Cpl William Cunningham Guthrie (later 2/40 Battalion, killed in action on Timor, 22 Feb 1942).
Third Row:
VX40442 A/Cpl Clement William Morrison (later POW Laha camp Ambon, presumed to have died 20 Feb 1942); VX37155 Pte Neil Blythe Bromley (later POW Laha camp Ambon, presumed to have died 20 Feb 1942); VX46656 Pte George Doll (later POW Laha camp Ambon, presumed to have died 20 Feb 1942); VX44919 Pte Albert Norman Haines (later POW Ambon and Hainan Island, presumed to have died 1 May 1945); VX24286 Cpl (later Sgt) William David Harries (later POW Ambon and Hainan Island, discharged 13 Jun 1946); VX31233 Pte Victor John Findlay (later POW Ambon and Hainan Island, discharged 11 Dec 1945); VX24928 Pte Robert George Adams, (later POW Ambon and Hainan Island, presumed to have died 20 Feb 1942); VX46984 Pte George Shadwell Joy (later POW Ambon and Hainan Island, discharged 28 Feb 1946).
Second Row:
VX47579 Pte William John Cook (later POW Ambon and Hainan Island, discharged 26 Nov 1945); VX37644 Pte Charles Arthur Woodward (later POW Ambon and Hainan Island, discharged 21 Aug 1946); VX37156 Pte Harold Robert Martin (later POW Ambon and Hainan Island, discharged 19 Nov 1945); VX37154 Edward Richard Walter Smith (later POW Ambon and Hainan Island, died of illness 22 Oct 1943); VX46875 (later V295414) Sgt John Phillip Stranger (Bandmaster, discharged 19 Sep 1941; VX36254 Pte Albert Edward Vivash (later POW Ambon and Hainan Island, presumed to have died 20 Feb 1942); VX45436 Pte Frederick Aubrey Hillier (later POW Ambon and Hainan Island, discharged 13 Dec 1945); VX42320 Pte Reginald Hugh Stanley Sinclair (later POW Ambon and Hainan Island, discharged 20 Dec 1945).
Front Row:
VX25325 Pte Courtney Thomas Harrison (later POW Ambon and Hainan Island, discharged 24 Jan 1946); VX32093 Pte Edward William Hogan (later POW Ambon and Hainan Island, presumed to have died 20 Feb 1942); VX32005 Pte George Allan Williams (later POW Ambon, died of illness 22 Jun 1945); VX40359 Pte George Herbert Kissick (later POW Ambon and Hainan Island, discharged 2 Dec 1946).