| Accession Number | E01737 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Glass original whole plate negative |
| Maker |
Unknown Australian Official Photographer |
| Place made | Belgium: Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Heuvelland, Locre |
| Date made | 7 March 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Group portrait of the officers of the 51st Battalion. Identified from left to right, back row: ...
Description
Group portrait of the officers of the 51st Battalion. Identified from left to right, back row: Lieutenant (Lt) Ernest Higham (died of wounds 27 April 1918); Lt Norman Francis Timbury; Captain (Capt) Roy Earl, MC and Bar; Lt Edwin John Warren; Lt Theodore Glynn Watkins, MC, Transport Officer; Lt Clifford William King Sadlier, VC; Lieutenant James Sutter Terras 45th Battalion, (born Lanarkshire Scotland, killed in action near Dernacourt, France, 28 March 1918); Lt Albert Charles Townsend; and Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Alex James Wilkes. Second row: Lt Norman Clive Phillips (died of wounds 17 May 1918); Capt John Reginald Centennial Botley Chanter; 2nd Lt Charles James Town (killed in action 25 April 1918); 2nd Lt William Charles Lowry Brooks (killed in action 30 March 1918); Lt Jack Zadkiel Kitchen (killed in action 26 April 1918); Lt Joseph James Connor; Lt James Bennett Calder; Lt William Britt (killed in action 10 June 1918); Lt Hector Albert Haslam; Lt Leslie Richard Charlton; Lt Reginald Arthur Wood; and Lt Walter Vincent Fitzpatrick (killed in action 5 April 1918). Front row: Capt Frank Smith. MC (killed in action 25 April 1918); Capt Frederick Albrecht; Capt Edward Daniel McBurnie, MC; Major (Maj) Norman Percy Owen, MC; Maj Albert Henry Rowe; Lieutenant Colonel Robert Christie, DSO and Bar; Capt Beresford Everett Bardwell; Capt Geoffrey Penrose Arnold, MC, Regimental Medical Officer; Capt Reginald Powell, MC, Regimental Quartermaster; and Capt Roy William Harburn, MC and Bar.