| Accession Number | H18707 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Place made | Pacific Islands: Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Herbertshohe |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Group portrait of Naval Officers of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force to ...
Description
Group portrait of Naval Officers of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force to German New Guinea. Identified in the back row (standing) from left to right: Sub Lieutenant (Sub Lt) Avenal Pickering Hext, Royal Australian Naval Reserve (RANR) (later served as a Captain in the AIF and died of wounds in France on 20 July 1918); Lieutenant (Lt) Thomas Arthur Bond, RANR; Lt Oscar Gillam, RANR; Warrant Officer (WO) Gunner Francis John Young, Royal Australian Navy (RAN); Petty Officer (PO) Hoffman, RANR; Chief Petty Officer (CPO) Palmer, Royal Navy (RN); WO William David Hunter, RAN; CPO Beaton, RANR; Writer A D Adam, RANR; Lt Stuart William Cameron, RANR; Sub Lt Charles Webber, RANR; and Petty Officer Instance, RN.
Second row (seated on chairs) from left to right: Lt Leighton Seymour Bracegirdle, RAN (later Rear Admiral KCVO, CMG, DSO); Captain Joseph Arthur Hamilton Beresford, RAN; Lt Rowland Griffiths Bowen, RAN (later Commander).
Front row from left to right: Writer R Fowler, RANR; Midshipman Harry Alexander Willian, RANR (later Lieutenant Commander); Midshipman James Phillips Stirling, RANR (later Lieutenant Commander); Midshipman Richard Stanley (Stan) Veale, RANR (later Commander); Midshipman Reginald Langdon Buller, RANR (later Lieutenant); Midshipman Charles Matthew Cock, RANR (later Lieutenant); and Writer L Trickey, RANR.