Description
Group portrait of Brigadier General Alfred Joseph Bessell-Browne, Commander Royal Artillery (CRA), and officers of the 13th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery at Boutillerie-les-Amiens. Identified from left to right, back row: Captain (Capt) R F A Coppick (with moustache); Lieutenant (Lt) H Thomas MSM, Divisional Gas Officer; Capt Raleigh Clarke, Australian Army Veterinary Corps attached to the 13th Brigade.
Second row: Major (Maj) William Archibald Moore, Padre, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column (DAC); Lt Arthur Oswald Banks, 13th Brigade (turned slightly sideways); Maj Jeffrey Wilmott Wilkinson, Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC) (attached to the 13th Brigade); Maj Leslie Ellis Beavis DSO, Divisional Artillery Headquarters (DAHQ); Lt R O McClarty MM, DAHQ; Lt F A Steall, DAHQ; Lt Harold Gascoyne Beasley, Adjutant, 14th Field Artillery Brigade (standing slightly forward); Lt John Rex Moffatt, 5th Divisional Signals attached to the 13th Brigade (standing slightly back).
Third row: Capt Edward Middleton Gawley, AAMC attached to the 5th DAC; Lt Edward Dunlop, Adjutant, 5th DAC; Capt George Hedley Miller, Adjutant, 13th Brigade; Maj Thomas Reginald Mellor, Brigade Major; Capt Edgar Harold Booth MC, Staff Captain; Lt William Francis Fanning, 14th Artillery Brigade (14 FAB); Capt Charles James Kelynack, 5th Divisional Signals, DAHQ; Capt Hugh William Cairns, AAMC attached to the 5th DAC.
Front row (seated); M Richard, Interpreter attached to DAHQ; Maj Francis Thornthwaite MC, 5th DAC; Lieutenant Colonel Hector Osmond Caddy DSO, 13th Brigade; Brigadier General A J Bessell-Browne CB CMG DSO; Capt Ernest John Ferguson MC, 5th Division Trench Mortar Battery; Mr Vibert, Interpreter.
Details
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original whole plate negative
Date Made
5 November 1918
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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