A03531 Accession Number: A03531

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Melbourne, Vic. September 1914. Group portrait of members of the 1st Divisional Engineers (Div Engrs) Headquarters (HQ) and of the 2nd Field Company (Fd Coy) and 3rd Fd Coy, at the Engineer Depot, Alexandra Avenue. Additional biographical information at the end of caption. Back row, left to right: Sergeant (Sgt) C. Sheppard, 2nd Fd Coy; Lance Corporal (L Cpl) W. K. Marnie, 2nd Fd Coy; Corporal (Cpl) H. W. Larkin, 2nd Fd Coy; Warrant Officer (WO) J. E. S. Healy, 3rd Fd Coy; Staff Sergeant (S Sgt) A. H. Dow, 1st Div Engrs HQ; WO W. W. James, 2nd Fd Coy; Cpl R. A. Titford, 2nd Fd Coy; Sapper (Spr) L. L. Lethlean, 2nd Fd Coy. Second row: Lieutenant (Lt) T. R. Williams, second in command, 2nd Fd Coy; Captain (Capt) H. O. Clogstoun, Corps of Royal Engineers (RE), Officer Commanding (OC) 3rd Fd Coy; Major (Maj) G. C. E. Elliott, RE, Commander, Royal Engineers (CRE), 1st Div; Capt A. M. Martyn, OC, 2nd Fd Coy; Lt V. A. H. Sturdee, Adjutant, 1st Div Engrs. Front row: Spr L. A. Gilbert, 2nd Fd Coy; Spr A. Sheppard, 2nd Fd Coy; Spr W. S. Roddick, 2nd Fd Coy; Spr W. H. Matheson, 2nd Fd Coy; Sgt J. A. Armitage, Transport Sergeant, 2nd Fd Coy. Sgt Sheppard, afterwards Lt, 4th Pioneer Battalion (Pnr Bn); now in Quartermaster General's (QMG) Branch, Army Headquarters, Melbourne, Vic. L Cpl Marnie, afterwards Lt, 15th Fd Coy; now foreman of works in Engr Services Branch, Victoria Barracks, Sydney, NSW. Cpl Larkin, afterwards Lt, 3rd Pnr Bn; now adjutant and quartermaster, 4th Div Engrs, Australian Military Forces (AMF), East Melbourne, Vic. WO Healy, afterwards with 4th Div Engrs; now major and adjutant and quartermaster, 2nd Cav Div Signals, AMF, South Melbourne, Vic. S Sgt Dow, afterwards captain and adjutant, 4th Div Engrs; MC; now chief clerk to Director of Works, Army HQ, Melbourne, Vic. WO James, afterwards captain and temporary major, 1st Div Engrs, and Engineer Training Depot, Brightlingsea, England; MC; died 8 August 1931. Cpl Titford, afterwards captain, 1st Pnr Bn; MC MM; now on land at Red Cliffs, Vic. Spr Lethlean, afterwards warrant officer, 1st Div Engrs HQ, MSM; died in WA 6 November 1930. Lt Williams, afterwards lieutenant colonel, CRE 3rd Div and Director of Signals, Australian Corps; CMG DSO; now colonel, and Director of Mechanisation, Army HQ, Melbourne, Vic. Capt Clogstoun, afterwards lieutenant colonel, and CRE, 3rd Div; rejoined British Army, April 1918, retired 1930; now living at 1 Stanford Road, Kensington, London, W.8. Maj Elliott, afterwards lieutenant colonel and CRE 2nd and 4th Australian Div; rejoined British Army April 1918; CMG DSO; promoted colonel; retired 1926; died 1 September 1934. Capt Martyn, afterwards CRE 1st Div; CMG DSO; now brigadier, and commandant, 4th Military District, SA. Lt Sturdee, afterwards lieutenant colonel, CO 4th Pnr Bn, CRE, 5th Div, and on staff at General HQ; OBE DSO; now colonel, and Director of Military Operations and Intelligence, Army HQ, Melbourne, Vic. Spr Gilbert, afterwards sergeant; died in Melbourne about eight years ago. Spr Sheppard, afterwards lieutenant, 1st Pnr Bn; won DCM at Lone Pine; now superintendent in Engr Services Branch, Victoria Barracks, Sydney, NSW. Spr Roddick, afterwards lieutenant, 27th Bn; now foreman of works, Engr Services Branch, Victoria Barracks, Brisbane, Qld. Spr Matheson, afterwards lieutenant, 4th Pnr Bn; now with Cyclone Fence Company. Sgt Armitage, afterwards captain, 2nd Pnr Bn; now a wool-buyer in Victoria; last heard of at Culgoa, Vic. (Donor A. Sheppard. Forwarded by A. W. Bazley)