Fort Scratchley, Newcastle, NSW. 1939. Group portrait of Fortress Company officers, taken in ...

Accession Number P02475.003
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Conflict Period 1930-1939
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Fort Scratchley, Newcastle, NSW. 1939. Group portrait of Fortress Company officers, taken in front of a casemate, the tower on the hill top (behind H. Davis) is the Battery Observation Post. Left to right, back row: Ron Thompson, Bill Scott-Fell; C. A. G. Davis; John Laffey; Tom Nicholson; Alf Toose; S. L. (Pip) Martin; Harold Howley; Harold Davis (Gar Bn); Dick Ford; ? Mortensen; Norm Hely (Gar Bn); Frank Thompson; Bob Atcheson. Front row: Fred Harden; Dick Mort; Major John Walter Main; Percy (Dobbie) Dobson (probably Captain Percy Walter Dobson, MC, who served in the First World War); Lieutenant Colonel F. V. Thompson (Gar Bn); ? McMinn; Jack Manning (A. A.). Identification provided by Dick Mort. (Donor J. Main)