HOBJ2995 Accession Number: HOBJ2995

Description

Group portrait of officers of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) Base Ordnance Depot (BOD) outside a base building. It is probably just prior to the closing down of the BOD and the handover to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC), 4 Commonwealth Ordnance Depot, in January 1952. Most of the officers returned to Australia in February 1952. Back row, left to right: 240057 Captain (Capt) Edward Ernest (Teddy) Haines; 337619 Capt Kenneth (Ken) Patterson; Capt John Thompson; 58007 (WX31375) Capt Maitland Henry Chipper; Q14063 Capt William Keep Durbridge; 18013 (QX877) Capt Robin Muirhead BEM; 337631 (VX138613) Capt Hugh Miles Pickering; V325447 Lieutenant (Lt) Bert Stanley Schmidt; and Lt John Morris. Front row, left to right: 240043 (NX76535) Capt Donald Malcolm (Don) Williams; 58014 (WX11032) Major (Maj) Herbert Henry Victor (Vic) Barrett; 240052 (NX27697) Maj Alec Herbert Thistleton; Maj F W Willis (possibly 271 (NX14084) Francis Leslie Willis); Lieutenant Colonel J B Smith, Commanding Officer BOD; Capt William (Bill) Cole; NX110620 (N27671) Maj Francis John Whipple; VX112099 (V19787) Maj John William Archer; and 2250 (NX37395) Eric Huntley Spence.

Details

Accession Number
HOBJ2995
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 4x5"
Support: Acetate
Date Made
c December 1951
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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