Mt Martha, VIC. 1943. Outdoors group portrait of the directing staff and the students of No. 7 ...

Mt Martha, VIC. 1943. Outdoors group portrait of the directing staff and the students of No. 7 War Staff Course at the RAAF Staff School. Left to right, back row: Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) O. M. Kelsey; Sqn Ldr R. D. Baird; Wing Commander (Wg Cdr) John Edward Handbury; Captain J. H. Lukkien, Netherlands East Indies Air Force; Sqn Ldr R. M. Green; Wg Cdr Harvey Holcombe Smith; Wg Cdr L. R. Trewren; Sqn Ldr R. Widmer DFC; Wg Cdr S. W. Galton; Sqn Ldr N. M. Pilcher. Middle row: Wg Cdr S. G. Quill, Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF); Wg Cdr George Emile Prosser; Wg Cdr G. M. Robinson; Wg Cdr Hamilton Wellesley Connolly DFC; Wg Cdr S. W. Martin; Wg Cdr G. T. Miles; Sqn Ldr H. V. Jenkins; Wg Cdr A. E. Cook; Wg Cdr V. A. Hodgkinson DFC; Wg Cdr N. E. Morris; Wg Cdr G. J. Towers. Front row: Major W. H. Harper, AIF: Group Captain (Gp Capt) Edwin Glen (Ted) Fyfe; Gp Capt Dixie Robison Chapman; Gp Capt R.H. Sims, AFC; Air Vice Marshal William Hopton (Hawkeye) Anderson CBE DFC, the school commandant; Wg Cdr D. L. G. (Des) Douglas OBE DFC, the unit Commanding Officer; Wg Cdr G. V. Candy; Wg Cdr D. Ingles; Acting Gp Capt R. F. M. Green. The school's mascot, a bulldog, stands in front of the group (right). The school ran Staff Courses and Unit Commanders' Courses of three months and six weeks' duration respectively. (Donor P. Odlam) (Original print housed in AWM Archive Store)