| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P00117.045 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Place made | Indian Ocean: Red Sea |
| Date made | c November 1914 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Image from the collection of 1606 Warrant Officer Class 1 Owen Kenneth Stewart, 3rd and 11th Field Artillery Brigades.
Description
Group portrait of Ship’s Officers and Officers of 7th Battery, 3rd Australian Field Artillery Brigade AIF aboard HMAT (A22) Rangatira in the Red Sea, enroute to Egypt. Identified from left to right, back row: 4th Mate; Lieutenant (Lt) Sydney Frances Hodgens, (later DSO); Captain (Capt) William Terence McGee; 2nd Mate; Lt William James Urquhart (later Major).
Third Row: Capt George Cameron McLennan, Veterinary Officer; 1st Mate; Major Francis Augustus Hughes (later Lieutenant Colonel and awarded DSO); Lt Arthur Harold Keith Jopp (later Major and awarded DSO); Capt Graham Patrick Dixon (later KBE, OBE) Army Medical Corps; 3rd Mate; Capt Walter Aland Leslie (died of wounds at Gallipoli on 6 May 1915).
Second Row: Lt Norman Clowes (later MC, DSO, Croix De Guerre (France)); Colonel (Col) Charles Rosenthal (later KCB, CMG, DSO Croix De Guerre (France and Belgium), Legion of Honour, 4th Class (France)); Captain of HMAT (A22) Rangatira; Colonel Alfred Sutton, Army Medical Corps (later CB, CMG); and Lt Thomas Frederick Hall.
Front row (seated): Lt Harold Bourne Taylor (later DSO); Lt Percy John Ross (later MC); and Lt Claude Earl Jenkinson. Note the Military Officers quarters erected on top of shelter deck. You can see the square windows of their apartments.