| Accession Number | P02915.002 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | 1 June 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Group portrait of officers of the 6th Training Battalion. Identified from left to right, back ...
Description
Group portrait of officers of the 6th Training Battalion. Identified from left to right, back row, are: Lieutenant (Lt) Leslie Stewart Marchant, 24th Battalion from Sunshine, Victoria; Lt Frank Gerald Kellaway, 22nd Battalion from Northcote, Victoria (killed in action in Belgium on 4 October 1917); Lt Arundel Bastow, 23rd Battalion from Hamilton, Victoria; Lt David Black, 21st Battalion from Footscray, Victoria (killed in action in Belgium on 4 October 1917); Lt Ernest Harrington Torode, 23rd Battalion from Richmond, Victoria; Lt Percy Reynolds, 21st Battalion from Coburg, Victoria; and Lt Charles Morrice Williams, 24th Battalion from Melbourne (later awarded MC and killed in action in Belgium on 9 October 1917).
Second row: Lt Roy Hector Jones, 24th Battalion from Croxton, Victoria; Doctor; Anderson, 24th Battalion; Forbes, 21st Battalion; Lt William Holman Roberts, 21st Battalion from Kensington, Victoria; and Padre Albert Percy Bladen from East Malvern, Victoria (later awarded OBE); Read, 21st Battalion
Front row: Lt Francis William Joseph Murphy, 24th Battalion from North Fitzroy, Victoria (killed in action in Belgium on 4 October 1917); Lt Eric John Quirk, 21st Battalion from Melbourne; and Lieutenant John Archer Lorimer, 23rd Battalion from Canterbury, Victoria.