Group portrait of No. 1 Command Depot Band, AIF. Back row, left to right: Private W. W. Douglas ...

Group portrait of No. 1 Command Depot Band, AIF. Back row, left to right: Private W. W. Douglas of Qld; Sergeant G. Mouchemore of NSW; E. T. Code of Vic; K. Wilson of NSW; J. Davis of NSW; E. Cullen of Tas; J. Thurechi of Qld; N. Buchanan of Qld; G. Osbourne; Corporal (Cpl) F. Gilligan of Tas; J. F. Harman of WA. Middle row: A. J. Loader of Vic, wearing a crocodile skin over his shoulder (on which to rest the base drum); Cpl H. Samuel of NSW; A. Cooke of Tas; E. C. Wood of Vic; J. Pulbrook of Vic; L. B. Garnett of NSW; J. Osborne of NSW; L. Ryan of Qld; Williams of Vic; Drum Major J. G. Thomas of NSW, holding a staff (or mace) with a kangaroo decorating the top. Front row: W. E. Tedford of Qld; L. M. Wade of Vic; A. Sparks of NSW; J. Emmerson of Qld; Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) W. O. Mansbridge DSO of WA, Commandant, No. 1 Command Depot; Warrant Officer James Compton of Qld (Bandmaster), wearing a bandmaster's insignia on his right sleeve; Lt Col G. H. Knox CMG of Vic (Previous Commandant); R. Milne of NSW; Private A. E. Temple MM of Vic; F. R. Bell of NSW; G. Sturgess of Vic. Lying on either side of the drums: Dan Chaloner of WA, 28th Battalion who also served with the 2/16th Battalion during the Second World War; L. C. Payne of Vic. Most of these bandsmen were at the No. 1 Command Depot while recuperating from wounds or illness and a number of them have a wound stripe visible on their left sleeve. Note the base drum is inscribed with the unit name and a painting of a kookaburra. (Donor D. Chaloner)