C04454 Accession Number: C04454

Description

Group portrait of officers of the 45th Battalion AIF, photographed shortly before taking part in the attack on MessinesRidge in June 1917. Identified from left to right: Back row: Lieutenant Robert Anthony (Toby) Barton, killed at Messines 9 June 1917; Lieutenant Joseph (Joe) Leddy, MM; Lieutenant William George (Bill) Adams, DSO MM; Lieutenant Arthur Clive Fitzhardinge, MC; Lieutenant Hilton Bede Allen, killed at Messines 7 June 1917; Lieutenant James Sutter Terras , born Lanarkshire Scotland and killed in action near Dernacourt, France, 28 March 1918; Lieutenant Leon Dudley (Leo) Ferguson, MC; Lieutenant Joseph (Joe) Kirman, MM, MC; Lieutenant Frederick Percival (Fred) Pring. Middle row: Lieutenant Henry Herbert (Harry) Neaves, MC; Captain Owen Burton Dibbs; Lieutenant Thomas Alexander (Tom) McIntyre; Captain Jim Russell; Chaplain the Reverend Gilder; Lieutenant Fred Morrell. Front row: Lieutenant Leo Clarke Smythe; Lieutenant Roy Lanchester Gowing; Captain Keith Shelly Parker, MC, Medical Officer; Major George Edward Knox, MC; Captain (Stan) S R S Perry; Captain Tubby Allen; Lieutenant William Herbert (Bill) Schadel; Captain Arthur Leslie Valey, MC and bar; Lieutenant Herbert Edward (Bert) Maiden, MM, DCM; Lieutenant John Gordon McKenzie; Lieutenant George Alfred Simpson, MM.

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Accession Number
C04454
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c 25 April 1917
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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