Outdoor group portrait of members of the 51st Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depot (51 BIPOD) Platoon. ...

Accession Number P02682.007.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: Queensland, North Queensland, Cairns, Redlynch
Date made c June 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Outdoor group portrait of members of the 51st Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depot (51 BIPOD) Platoon. Identified from left to right, back row: QX44739 Private (Pte) Lionel Francis Maddocks; QX50042 Leonard Alfred 'Len' Bignell; QX49502 Corporal (Cpl) Wilhelm Carl “Charlie” Rehfeldt; QX50043 Pte Frederick George “Fred” Kernke; QX49501 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Roy Stanley Meier; QX49499 Pte William John “Bill” Gilbert; and “Blue” Ryan.
Second row: Harry Dan; QX47362 L Cpl Gordon Henry Dunwell; Mick Reed; QX34033 Gunner Joseph Patrick George Kneipp; Doug Krough; Les Morris; Bob Kroll; and QX51221 Pte Philip Edward Watkins.
Third row: QX39226 Cpl Samuel George Lillyman “George” Huff; Cpl Jack McCawatt; QX39320 Staff Sergeant Douglas John Bargenquest; QX45408 Lieutenant Anthony James “Tony” Alexander holding a dog mascot; QX38779 Sergeant (Sgt) Ronald King; QX52649 Cpl Maurice Nolan Kingston; and QX34032 L Cpl Charles Noel Eastment.
Front row: QX52888 Pte Jack Charles Mohle; QX45234 Lance Sgt William Brian “Bill” Power; QX49769 Pte Francis Charles Arthur Tregea; “Brig” Burke; QX49771 Pte Leslie Arthur Lee; Ted Gray; and QX49772 (Q129003) John 'Jack' Cokly. This unit served in Queensland, Merauke and Morotai.