| Accession Number | E01793 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Glass original whole plate negative |
| Maker |
Unknown Australian Official Photographer |
| Place made | France: Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, Meteren |
| Date made | 6 March 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Group portrait of the officers of the 45th Battalion. Identified from left to right, back row: ...
Description
Group portrait of the officers of the 45th Battalion. Identified from left to right, back row: Lieutenant (Lt) Theophillus William Perry (killed in action 5 April 1918 in France); Lt Cecil Raymond Burnett; Second Lieutenant Archibald Kirby MacDonald (killed in action 5 April 1918 in France); Lt William Albert McKay; Lt Augustus Clive Fitzhardinge, MC; and Lt Edmond Victor Steel. Middle row: Lt William John Horne (killed in action 18 August 1918 in France); Captain (Capt) Wilfred Hardley; Lt Allan Montrose MacDiarmid (killed in action 5 April 1918 in France); Lt Peter Dominic O'Reilly, MM; Lt Gerald Alfred Frost, MM; Lt Thomas James Edward Lindsay; Lt James Young, MC, DCM; Lt Joseph Leddy, MM; Capt Henry Herbert Neaves, MC; Lt John Thomas Moroney; Lt Leslie Richard Hughes. Front row: Lt William Robert Watson; Lt John Raves Stuart Perry; Major (Maj) Chaplain Thomas Holmes Justice; Capt Owen Burton Dibbs (killed in action 1 April 1918 in France); Capt Jack Hilton Holman, MC; Maj Arthur Samuel Allen, DSO, Croix de Guerre, Mention in Despatches; Capt Ernest Davies, MC: Capt Leon Dudley Ferguson, MC; Maj Wade Shenton Garnett, Australian Army Medical Corps (died of wounds 15 April 1918 in France); and Lt Robert Samuel Pickup, MC.