| Accession Number | E01618 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Glass original whole plate negative |
| Maker |
Unknown Australian Official Photographer |
| Place made | France: Nord Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais, Desvres, France: Nord Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais, Desvres |
| Date made | 29 December 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Group portrait of the Non Commissioned Officers of the 31st Battalion at Desvres. Identified from ...
Description
Group portrait of the Non Commissioned Officers of the 31st Battalion at Desvres. Identified from left to right, back row: Corporal (Cpl) G Dandy (probably 833 Cpl Leopold George Dandie) (1); unidentified (2); 4250 Cpl Thomas Charles Baker MM (later awarded Bar to MM) (3); 4330 Cpl James Vincent Keating (4); 2317 Cpl Bernard Edmund Friel (5); 896 Lance Corporal (LCpl) Francis Leslie Keogh (6); L Cpl Strain (either 3545A Gabriel Strain or 3536A Thomas Alexander Strain) (7); 395 Sergeant (Sgt) Samuel Lockett (8); 236A LCpl John Smith MM (9); 4004 Cpl Philip Wakefield Millingen (10); 2908A Cpl George Henry Hicks (11); 3020 Cpl Ernest Leslie Richard Robinson (12); 4143 Cpl John Walters (13); 2328 LCpl H. J. Gower (14);unidentified (15); 274 Cpl James Edward O'Connor (16); unidentified (17); Cpl J H Sinnett (probably 4604 Cpl James Hardy Synnott) (18); 760 Sgt Richard Charles Sault (19); Cpl J Minott (probably 1003 Cpl James Edward Mynott) (20); 5914 Cpl Alfred John Saph (21); 3516 Cpl Frank Gardner Barrett (22); 939 Sgt Sydney Edgar Starkey MM (23); 960 Sgt Robert Edmond Lee Grantham (later awarded MM) (24); 536 Sgt Edwin Peter Foster (later awarded DCM and appointed Lieutenant) (25).
Second row: unidentified (26); unidentified (27); 4978 Sgt William George McLucas (28); 4353 Cpl Lowell Mason Osborne (29); 3189 Cpl Sydney George Gould (30); Cpl Brooks (31); unidentified (32); 3429 Cpl David Lawrence O'Gorman (33); unidentified (34); unidentified (35); 4335 Cpl John Stephen Lewington (36); 4738 LCpl Douglas Bethel Richard Brown (later Sgt) (37); 2935A LCpl George Prime (later killed in action in France on 10 April 1918) (38); 2407 Sgt George Radburn (39); 2882 Sgt Percival Page Bedford (40); 451 LCpl Frank Stanley Irvine (41); 757 Lance Sergeant (LSgt) George Fawcett Aitken (42); unidentified (43); unidentified (44); unidentified (45); unidentified (46); 415 Company Quartermaster Sergeant (CQMS) John Hart Hardie (47); 23 Sgt Charles Blake (48); Cpl Davies (49); 1130 Cpl Cecil Gordon Davey (later killed in action in France on 12 April 1918) (50); 4636 Sgt Albert George O'Malley (51); 1129 LCpl John Fiddes Michael Callanan (52); 2401 LCpl Leonard Alfred Perrins (53); 1542 Cpl Samuel Hamilton (54); 782 LCpl Archie Gilchrist (55); 42 Cpl Thomas Franklin Broad (later Sgt) (56); unidentified (57).
Third Row: unidentified (58); unidentified (59); unidentified (60); 351 LCpl Thomas Collins (61); unidentified (62); 129 Company Sergeant Major (CSM) Arthur Edward Adams DCM (later Lieutenant) (63); 1687 Company Quartermaster Sergeant (CQMS) George William Cummings (later died of wounds in Belgium on 21 March 1918) (64); 126 Sgt Fergus Osborne Allan (65); 3761 LCpl Norman Henry Porch (66); 5037 LCpl William Charles Leslie (67); 4586 LCpl James Parton (later awarded MM) (68); 3591 Cpl Jack McFarland (69); Cpl H L Betts (70); Sgt N McDougal (71); 4719 LCpl Benjamin Harold Hopper (72); 1981 Cpl Ivon Ambrose Clark (73); 424 Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) Albert Edward Spilling (74); 4044 Cpl Martin James Costello (75); unidentified (76); 5252 Cpl Roy Crawford (77); 360 Sgt Francis Theodore Cecil Wilkinson (78); 563 Cpl Maurice Daniel Leahy (79); 2431 Cpl John Francis Teasey (later LSgt) (80); 2909A Cpl Robert Walter Harris (81); 2922A Cpl John Hodgson (82); 1602 LCpl Charles William Pike (83); 506 LCpl George Henry Church (84); 3058 LCpl Alfred John Wyatt (85); Cpl H Smith (86); 3595 LCpl Thomas Franklin McManus (87); 2368 Cpl Charles Marshall (88); 608 Sgt Richard Eugene Barnes (89); Cpl Plumber (90); 3411 LCpl Ivor Edward MacKie MM (91).
Front row: 315 Sgt Phillip Edward Williams (92); 3426 LCpl David Morrison Campbell (93); 1754 Cpl John Charles Taylor (94); 385A LCpl William David Boyd (95); 2969A LCpl Percy Harold Philpott (96); 701 LSgt Edwin Alafius Harrison (97); 733 LSgt Sydney Harry Maggs (98); 727 Cpl John Thomas Lynch (99); 450 LCpl Alexander Wattie (100); 3645 LCpl William Vinall (101); 2906A Cpl John Mathew Groom (102); 616 Sgt Humphrey William Henry Curtis (later Warrant Officer Class 1) (103); 2901A LCpl Noel Lester Germain (104); 3204 Cpl Harrie Clarke (105); 602 Cpl Joseph Henry Barling (106); unidentified (107).
[See E01618KLEFT and E01618KRIGHT for position of those named in this caption.]