A studio group portrait of five AIF officers. Left to right, back row: Captain (Capt) Robert ...

A studio group portrait of five AIF officers. Left to right, back row: Captain (Capt) Robert Glasgow DSO MC, who served with the 15th Battalion. He was awarded the Military Cross (MC) on 11 October 1917 and the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) on 8 July 1918; Capt John Thomas Hynes DSO MM Cross of Karageorge (Serbia), an original member of the 15th Battalion. The then Company Quartermaster Sergeant Hynes was awarded the Military Medal (MM) in 1915 for action at Gallipoli. Promoted to Company Sergeant Major (CSM), CSM Hynes was awarded the Cross of Karageorge, 2nd Class (with Swords), "for consistent good work in France in 1916". This award was also known as the Serbian Silver Star. He was commissioned and as Captain Hynes was recommended on 18 September 1918 for the MC. This recommendation was reviewed at higher levels and he was subsequently awarded the higher ranked honour, the Distinguished Service Order (DSO). Front row: Major Charles Francis Duchatel MC, who originally served as a trooper in the 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment, rising to the rank of Sergeant. He was commissioned and served as a Lieutenant in the 49th Battalion, a Captain in the 13th Machine Gun Battalion and a Major in the 4th Machine Gun Battalion. He was Mentioned in Despatches (MID) on 2 March 1917 and awarded the MC in 1918; Capt Sydney Hubert Carroll MC served in the 13th Machine Gun Battalion and was awarded the MC on 27 February 1918; and Capt William Montague Cory MC and Bar served in the 4th Machine Gun Battalion and was awarded the MC on 18 April 1918 and a bar on 20 August 1918.