Group portrait of the personnel of the 1st Light Trench Mortar Battery at Meteren. Left to right, ...

Accession Number E01632
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 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

Group portrait of the personnel of the 1st Light Trench Mortar Battery at Meteren. Left to right, back row (standing): 1447 S. O'Sullivan; 2935 Private (Pte) Herbert Preece; 2222 G. Buller; 1074 R. Rand; 7074 T. Smith; 6727 R. Coryngham; 1859 W. Pastross MM; 5771 T. Harrison; 3278 Pte A. Wilter; 1181 W. Smith; 4321 Pte Frederick George W. Hollingum; 3433 Corporal (Cpl) G. W. Peal MM; 2200 T. F. Ross; 2854A V. Turner (died of wounds 26 May 1918); 2838 J. Lee. Third row (standing): 3930 Cpl W. H. Thrift; 1118 Pte D. Kyle MM; 5136 M. T. Keough; 3098 W. Mountcastle (killed in action 11 March 1918 on Hill 60); 6401 Pte S. Hickey; 1131 Pte S. Lamble; 1254 Pte A. Chalker; 4177 Pte E. Drake; 2225A Pte E. O. Fisher; 6702 Pte J. Black; 1505 Pte C. J. Adams; 1110 Pte R. Beeby (died of wounds 9 May 1918); 1255 Pte A. Moses; 1815 Pte W. Sackett; 2181 Pte John Reginald Magin; 2075 Pte J. Doyle; 3744 Pte F. Cook; 1831 Pte B. Darbyshire; 7729 T/Corporal D. Hickey; 1447 Pte S. O'Sullivan. Second row (seated on chairs): 2219 Pte Arthur George Tizard; 3751 Pte E. Hall; 2366 Cpl W. Mitchell; 1647 Cpl L. Williams MM; 355 Cpl M. Colliss; 1650 Sergeant (Sgt) J. Fraser MSM Belgian Croix de Guerre; Lieutenant (Lt) C. Piper; Lt D. V. Meek; Captain (Capt) F. E. Page MC, Officer Commanding; Lt C. Lambert; 2472 Sgt J. J. Hickey DCM; 4234 T/Sgt G. Mogg; 1639 (or 1638) Cpl S. Turner MM Serbian Silver Medal; 4466 Sgt R. C. Perry, Machine Gun Battalion; 5994 Pte Alfred Maurice Cregan; 3726 Pte C. Cashman. Front row (seated on ground): 3099 Pte Stanley Gorrie; 4541 Cpl C. H. Heard; 3850 Cpl W. O. Urquhart; 2739 Pte W. McDougall; 5793 Pte William Zmood; 2353 Pte S. Hoptroff.

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