E01626 Accession Number: E01626

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Group portrait of the officers and NCOs of the 23rd Machine Gun Company at Locre, Belgium. Identified back row from left to right: 40 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Thomas Copland from Newport, Victoria (killed in action in France on 8 June 1918); 5930 L Cpl William Rainnie Wilson from Roma, Queensland; 3072 L Cpl William John Dawson from Gympie, Queensland; 6035 L Cpl John Andrew Bannerman from Laidley, Queensland; 6711 L Cpl Percy Henwood Renfrey from Mitcham, South Australia; 428 L Cpl Frank Osman Gowing Tate from Moonee Ponds, Victoria; 426 L Cpl Francis William Ogg from Haberfield, NSW (killed in action in France on 8 August 1918); 466 L Cpl Ralph Handley from Rockhampton, Queensland; and 537 L Cpl Harry Thomas Burtenshaw from Cootamundra, NSW. Middle row: 510 Corporal (Cpl) Edwin Oliver Gordon Milne from South Yarra, Victoria; 2779 Cpl Henry August Becker from Killarney, Queensland; 6275 Cpl William Thomas Clarke MM from Dalby, Queensland; 373 Sergeant (Sgt) Nesbitt Boyd Irwin from Balmain, NSW; 371 Sgt Leslie Ernest Hudson from Yass, NSW; 411B Sgt Hedley James Atkins from North Sydney, NSW; 128 Company Sergeant Major (CSM) Robert Ireland Robb from Enfield, NSW; 125 Sgt Charles Samuel Taylor from Ryde, NSW; 417 Sgt Charles Ernest Eisenhuth from Willbriggie, NSW; 3187 Sgt Mario McCarthy MSM from Wilston, Queensland; 426 Cpl Alfred Ernest Sinclair from Leichhardt, NSW; 420A Cpl Frederick Maurice Milton Kimber from Annandale, NSW; 546 L Cpl Kenneth John Jerome from Goodooga, NSW (partially obscured by Kimber and Easy); and 413 L Cpl Edmund Sydney George Easy from Haberfield, NSW. Front row: Lieutenant (Lt) Frederick Thompson from Narrogin, Western Australia; Lt Robert Lawrence Walker from Marrickville, NSW; Lt Cecil Spencer Ross from Marrickville; Capt David Adie Whitehead MC from Mosman, NSW; Lt Temple Graham from South Penrith, NSW; and Lt Ralph Bath Coleman from Waverley, NSW.

Details

Accession Number
E01626
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original whole plate negative
Date Made
26 January 1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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