The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A platoon of B Company, 52nd Battalion, at the 4.30pm burial of Major William Alexander Craies, their Commanding Officer. He led B Company in the counter-attack at Villers Bretonneux on the night of 24 April and was mortally wounded by a sniper the following day. He was buried by Chaplain Rev. Donald Burns Blackwood. Standing around the grave (no helmets), left to right: (heads only visible); Lieutenant Robert Dickson; unidentified platoon commander; Major Richard Francis Fitzgerald; Lieutenant Colonel John Lawrence Whitham (with moustache); Major Blackwood, Chaplain (head bowed); Pipe Major, Sergeant Robert Whyte is the figure fourth from the right of the group of four men without helmets, and was the lone piper who played at the funeral. Lieutenant George Gill, Adjutant (possibly third from right, without helmet) has been listed in the keysheet as present.
Members of the 52nd Battalion proceeding to the funeral of Major Craies. At extreme right is Lieutenant R. Dickson. Leading the column is Lieutenant C. J. Ivory. Note original image is out of focus.
Group portrait of the officers of the 52nd Battalion. Identified left to right: back row: Lieutenant (Lt) Victor Edward Denne MM (died of disease 26 May 1918); 3364 Lt William Frank Bernard Creech;
Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) J G McKinna, 25th Infantry Battalion, with Officers of the Battalion Headquarters. Identified personnel are (left to right) Chaplain B Cahill; Major W J E Jackson; Lt Col M
KAFR BALU, PALESTINE. 1942-02. OFFICERS OF THE 7TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL. FROM THE LEFT:- FRONT ROW - MAJOR T. GIBLIN, MAJOR R.N. HOWARD, MAJOR L.H. BALL, MAJOR C. NYE, LIEUTENANT COLONEL F.J. C
Outdoor group portrait of the band of the 52nd Battalion. The four men in the back row are unidentified. The men in the second row are unidentified except for the third from the left who is 2276 Serge
Yokohama, Japan. 1950-01-25. The burial service at the Commonwealth Cemetery of VX112288 Major J. R. Fitzgerald, HQ, BCOF. Shown: NX70779 Captain T. P. Clifton; 5/7509 Captain B. S. O'Dowd; 2/45178 Wa
