Reference image only to provide position detail for those named. This image is not for sale. An ...

Reference image only to provide position detail for those named. This image is not for sale. An informal group of No. 4 Squadron (4Sqn), Australian Flying Corps (AFC) taken after Christmas dinner at Bickendorf Aerodrome. In the centre, sitting on the knee of an airman, is a French orphan, Henri Heremene renamed Digger, who became the mascot of 4 Sqn. The boy was later adopted and brought up in Australia by 2198 Private (Pte) Timothy William Tovell, who was serving as a mechanic in the AFC. Henri Hermene (Digger) was smuggled home to Australia on a troopship. After leaving school, Honorary Lance Corporal Henri (Digger) Tovell worked for the RAAF as a civilian but was killed in a motorcycle accident in Melbourne on 24 May 1928. Known to be in the group is Major Alfred William Ellis MC, AFC, in the centre of the front row. Identified: Second Class Air Mechanic (2AM) C L Hall (1); Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) G Walker (2); 2AM H Duncan (3); 2AM D Martin (4); 2AM Gamble (5); First Class Air Mechanic (1AM) G W Stocks (6); T.W.D. E Fop (7); 2AM B Thacker (8); Corporal (Cpl) G Clark (9); 2AM F H Windham (10); Cpl W E Heale (11); 2AM B B Goodman (12); 2AM M C Middleton (13); 2AM M W Parker (14); 2AM E S Johnson (15); Cpl A M Wright (16); 1AM A E Hoye (17); 2AM J B McIvor (18); 2AM W H Davey (19); 1AM J M Lindsay (20); 2AM W L Davies (21); 2AM C G C Kerr (22); 2AM A S McSlasham (23); 2AM S E David (24); Cpl S H Short (25); 1AM T Taylor (26); 1AM N S MacGlashan (27); 1AM A J Windley (28); 2AM F E Robinson (29); 2AM A Cleaves (30); Major A W L Ellis MC (31); 1AM J C David (32); Captain (Capt) W J Cooper (33); Lieutenant (Lt) N C Johnson (34); Lt V R Bishop (35); 2AM E H Clarke (36); 2AM P A Kelly (37); 1AM A E McKenzie (38); 2AM L H Walker (39); 2AM W J Forsythe (40); 2AM H L Green (41); 2AM A R Morton (42); 2AM A V Brown (43); 2AM A H Lane (44); 2AM E Sly (45); 1AM V C Bunting (46); Pte Irvine (47); 2AM G W C Nicholson (48); Pte Brady (49); Cpl A J Werritt MSM (50); Cpl H D Thomas (51); 1AM W H Horton (52); Cpl J Worrall (53); 1AM G S Gibb (54); 1AM W W Jenkins (55); Lt N B Corkhill (56); 1AM J S Fraser (57); 1AM S A Vestegaard (58); 1AM H R Clarke (59); 1AM G E Wilson (60); 1AM D L Stevenson (61); 1AM E Neasham (62); 1AM E E Simpson (63); 1AM W C Shilcock (64); Pte G Cross (65); 1AM W Harrison (66); 1AM T Lee (67); 1AM K C Bainbridge (68); 1AM R G Harris (69); 2AM W McGregor (70); 2AM G A Ware (71); 2AM G Shaw (72); 2AM L J Connelly (73); 2AM H B Hartman (74); Acting Corporal Honore (Mascot) (75); 1AM A E Davies (76); 1AM J P Morgan (77); 2AM R Head (78); Cpl H O'Hanlon (79); 2AM J Mathieson (80); 2AM A Parnham (81); 2AM C H Goldsworthy (82); 1AM J H Pittard (83); Cpl L G Sutherland (84); 2AM W A Willett (85); Lt S Howard (86); Cpl H Rowe (87); Cpl A J Holland (88); 1AM M Good (89); 2AM S A Tucker (90); 2AM A B Mee (91); Cpl E H Hore (92); Cpl W H Heyhoe (93); Pte G Vickerton (94); 2AM H Stert (95); 2AM R J Burns (96); 1AM R T Moore (97); 1AM F L White (98); 2AM J E Leavey (99); 2AM N F Jeffery (100); 2AM R Crosbie (101); 1AM W Gray (102); 2AM R H Orme (103); 1AM R E Walker (104); 2AM F E Martin (105); 2AM C A Smith (106); 2AM A L MacDougal (107); 2AM H G Philippi (108); 1AM H P Wood (109); 2AM E A Fathers (110); 2AM A S Roberts (111); 2AM W Stocks (112); 2AM E W Tovell (113); 2AM F I McCarter (114); Cpl W R Allen (115); 2AM R Hedley (116); 2AM J S Milne (117). Note Henri signed his name as Honore, he states that is his real name.