The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Group portrait of members of 2/3rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (LAA), Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), 1st Australian Corps. The portrait was likely taken in Victoria, before deployment, 1940. The two identified people in the image are; VX32514 Gunner (Gnr) Thomas A McNamara is second row, fifth from the left; VX31385 Gnr John E Phillips is second row, eighth from the left. The group are wearing gas mask bags and the front row have steel helmets placed in front of them. The regiment was heavily affected by losses during the evacuation of Crete.
Included with the photo is a partial signature list, which does not identify individual positions in the group portrait. Of the identified signatures, a portion is listed as having become prisoners of war or were killed in action. The names include; VX30579 Gnr Victor C Foster; VX33029 Gnr Edward G Dowell; VX33152 Gnr Patrick J Hannan; VX25122 Gnr Thomas Rose; VX32515 Bombardier (Bdr) Thomas N Kennedy; VX31444 Gnr John Einsiedel; VX31846 Gnr Frederick C Jeffs; VX31735 Gnr Ian F Barker; VX32558 Gnr Lester H Young; VX32697 Gnr Herbert P Sandford; VX31836 Lance Sergeant (L Sgt) Charles E Hosking; VX40026 Gnr Clarence H C Helmore; VX32622 Gnr Lindsay G Payne; VX32728 Gnr Ernest B Preiser; VX33417 Gnr Cyril J O'Meara; VX30550 Gnr John A Henry; VX33409 Gnr James S Gibson; VX31385 Gnr Thomas P James
Group portrait of B Section, 1st Australian Anti-Aircraft Regiment, shortly before the completion of their course. Identified, left to right: back row: NX20901 Private (Pte) Ronald Mervyn Dickings; N
Group portrait of Holsworthy Infantry Band, 1915. Photographer W A Shearon Identified, left to right: back row; 5865 Private (Pte) Henry Joseph Pittaway; J Pratt; 3473A Pte Ernest Walter Carr; J J Bur
Group photograph of No 4 School of Technical Training (S.T.T) Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Adelaide, No 32 Drill Squad. Fourth Row - R L Gibson; A D Milligan; E F Pitson; A J Leckie; C H W Jame
Group portrait of Sixth Officers' Course, School of Instruction. Left to right, back row: Elmer Winfrid Drake Laing, 12th Battalion (later killed in action 8 May 1918); J H D Hunter; Company Sergeant
Group portrait of members of A Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR). Left to right, Back row: Privates (Ptes) G W Timms; D Rolph; K G Hayes; D Yates; P W Erricker; J E Tabor; H
Group portrait of officers and men of B Company, 2/31st Battalion. Identified back row, from left: Private (Pte) R. H. Chattermole; Pte. P. A. Bennett; Pte A. R. Smith; Pte G. Cook; Pte A. H. Brethert
