Meteren, France. 12 February 1918. Group portrait of the NCOs of the 1st Battalion, at Meteren. ...

Accession Number E01629
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original whole plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, Meteren
Date made 12 February 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Meteren, France. 12 February 1918. Group portrait of the NCOs of the 1st Battalion, at Meteren. Left to right, back row: 756 Lance Corporal (LCpl) E. C. Vickery MM; 3651 LCpl H. Whybro; 4029 LCpl N. Fletcher; 3396 LCpl H. J. Ragg; 3287 LCpl S. Dick; 597A LCpl A. Melling; 5721 LCpl M. Kean; 5702 LCpl S. Grundy; 7055 LCpl F. E. Sneesby MM; 5277 LCpl H. F. Yates MM; 3812 LCpl L. W. Pettit; 6012 LCpl L. J. Gosper; 3084 LCpl D. W. Humphreys; 3068 LCpl W. Hunia; 1597 Corporal (Cpl) L. Jansen; 3114 Cpl E. D. Scott; 5738 Cpl J. McGuirk (died of wounds 30 June 1918); 154 LCpl H. S. Blake; 2629 LCpl F. McKillop; 5684 Cpl A. W. Edwards MM; 1920 LCpl Bradley; 4469 LCpl W. H. Pittock; 2028 Cpl R. Stephenson; 1286 Cpl G. Blackmore; 499 Cpl W. J. McManus; 3072 Cpl H. E. Lewis; 204A LCpl N. J. Gamble; 4584 LCpl K. A. Frost; 4433 LCpl R. Cattell; 3969 LCpl W. Newman; 6084 LCpl F. Smith; 290 LCpl A. J. Raffan; 925 Sergeant (Sgt) V. T. Dimock; 3309 LCpl J. A. Earnshaw; 3532 Cpl N. D. Way; 914 Sgt A. A. Barwick Croix de Guerre. Third row: 6800 LCpl A. J. Bruce; 1910 Cpl G. Abraham; 5256 Cpl G. F. Wood MM and Bar; 3144 LCpl F. Warren; 327 LCpl D. Mitchell; 2402 Cpl J. J. O'Toole; 3389 Cpl J. Lynch MM; 380 Cpl W. Lyle; 2704 Cpl C. W. Tonkin; 3740 Cpl J. Gill MM; 514A Cpl N. S. Davis; 5718 Staff Sergeant (SSgt) A. Kean MSM; 262 T/Sergeant R. Hickson; 422 Sgt J. Dewar; 26 Sgt G. S. McInnes; 885 Sgt J. Wilson; 3970 Sgt J. N. Young; 2889 Sgt R. J. Oram; 883 Sgt J. M. Taylor; 547 Sgt W. Carswell; 2027 Sgt V. T. Stephenson; 7587 Sgt W. Thompson MM; 550 Company Quartermaster Sergeant (CQMS) J. Brisset; 3408 Cpl G. M. Morton; 878 Cpl C. Sharpe; 3490 Cpl R. C. Taplin; 347 LCpl G. Golder; 3332 Cpl W. J. Gillies; 3348 Sgt W. E. Higton MM. Second row: 6559 LCpl E. O'Dowd; 6559 LCpl J. L. Robinson; 3749 Cpl E. G. Herrman; 5102A LCpl J. Toddie MM; 353 Cpl D. G. Clark; 3836 Sgt A. Smith; 1915 Sgt W. J. Butchard; 2394 Sgt G. M. Marks; 3420 L/Sgt H. E. McCowan; 416 Sgt L. A. Woodward; 160 CQMS G. Bubear; 194 Sgt J. Reuben; 2584 L/Sgt S. J. Harris; 34 D/Sgt C. E. Downes; 2110 Company Sergeant Major (CSM) H. C. Brainwood Croix de Guerre; 213 Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant (RQMS) F. G. Turner MSM; 778 Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) G. Gould MM; 204 CSM J. W. Christianson; 450 R. J. Mozzell; 968 Sgt J. MacKie; 436 CQMS J. A. Connellan MM; 2441 CQMS R. J. Eason; 2225 Sgt V. P. Johnson; 4458 Sgt J. B. Murphy; 3050 Sgt D. Goldrick; 667 Sgt A. H. Webb; 348 Sgt B. F. Ford MM; 2136 LCpl A. J. Donnelly; 2166 LCpl T. Lavender; 3446 Sgt J. Price; 1515 Cpl R. Adam. Front row: unidentified; 5086A Sgt D. H. Scott DCM MSM; 2972 Cpl G. H. Shelton; 250 LCpl L. Gordon; 1242 LCpl C. H. Searle; 6021 LCpl R. Helson; 5210 LCpl W. J. Raynard; 2063 Cpl A. Salkeld; 3407 LCpl C. W. Muir; 6120 LCpl A. MacIntyre; 1545 LCpl A. J. Mohr; 403 LCpl A. W. Wigley; 6982 LCpl J. W. Fogarty; unidentified; 3914 LCpl J. M. Stevenson; 3798 LCpl W. H. Oates; 3810 LCpl T. N. Painter; 3034 LCpl J. J. Drum; 5661 LCpl R. C. Bray; 3934 LCpl H. V. Hadley; 2189 LCpl S. J. Parish MM; 6596 LCpl G. D. Ferrier; 608 LCpl S. Martin; 5050 LCpl P. J. Braithwaite; 1990 LCpl C. F. Moore; 1358 LCpl C. J. Gilchrist; 1597 LCpl J. J. Lowe; 3077 LCpl D. D. Horton; 2161 Cpl K. H. Johnstone; 7109 LCpl Enoch O'Dowd (killed in action 13 August 1918).