MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945. GROUP PORTRAIT OF OFFICERS OF 2/2ND PIONEER BATTALION AT THEIR FIRST ...

MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945. GROUP PORTRAIT OF OFFICERS OF 2/2ND PIONEER BATTALION AT THEIR FIRST REUNION DINNER AFTER WORLD WAR II, HELD LATE 1945. LEFT TO RIGHT: SEATED: LIEUTENANT (LT) CAL MITCHELL, LT G. WEBSTER, MAJOR (MAJ) P. RYAN (NOT A PRISONER OF WAR), LT N. TRANTER, LT G. TOPFER, LT HOUSTON, LT P. ROSSITER, MAJ J. E. DALY, LT J. G. HAMILTON, LT F. TUBB, LT J. MARSHALL, MAJ R. WINNING, CAPTAIN (CAPT) BERG (NOT A POW), MAJ H. M. HAMILTON (POW SYRIA), MAJ R. MEAGHER; STANDING: LT PEMBERTON, LT J. WALTERS (LEANING FORWARD), CAPT H. BISHOP, CAPT I. CAMPBELL, LT JOHN LUDLOW (NOT A POW), LT ALAN MITCHELL, LT W. RODIE, CAPT A. ROSS, LT E. ETCHES (NOT A POW), CAPT S. HANDASYDE, CHAPLAIN F. KELLOW, LT PAGE (NOT A POW), LT G. BELLMAINE (NOT A POW), CAPT E. CAMPBELL, CAPT J. GODING (MEDICAL OFFICER), MAJ H. JOSS (NOT A POW). (BY COURTESY OF THE AGE, NEWSPAPER, MELBOURNE) (DONOR C. MITCHELL)