Description
Outdoor group portrait of Australian prisoners at the German prisoner of war (POW) camp Stalag XIII-C. The names in square brackets are the full identifications of the men. Identified left to right are:
Back row: J Sutton [NX2427 Corporal (Cpl) Joseph Sutton]; D Grant [NX3525 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Donald Grant]; L Toohay [NX3279 Bombardier Leo Sylvester Toohey]; D Murray [NX3560 L Cpl Lawrence (Darby) Murray]; W Malcolm [NX3656 L Cpl Walter Charles Malcolm]; C Robinson [VX10669 Cpl Charles Herbert Robinson]; A Baxter [[WX4060 Warrant Officer (WO) Allan George Baxter]; E Rowlings; D Watt Watt [VX8006 Cpl Donald Watt]; F Chambers [VX21359 Cpl Frederick David Chambers]; W McPherson [NX17603 L Cpl William McPherson]; G Dunn [[WX3216 Spr George Edgar Dunn or VX5112 L Cpl Gordon Alexander Dunne] and B Simms [[probably NX45403 Sapper (Spr) Ernest Robert Sims];
4th row J Richie [possibly WX252 Cpl Francis Farquharson “Jock” Ritchie]; K Dillon [NX2465 L Cpl Keith Gordon Dillon]; R Willoughby [NX18640 L Cpl Charles Raymond Willoughby]; T O’Connor [NX13147 L Cpl Edward O’Connell]; L Reed [VX6665 Cpl Leslie Hugh Reid]; J Smith [probably QX14251 Pte James Smith or VX33354 James Terence Smith]; M Dillon [[probably WX4612 Spr Percival Andrew “Mick” Dillon]; G Rodway [[NX9611 Cpl Gordon Francis Rodway]; D Ross [probably NX7656 Cpl Leslie Duncan Ross]; M Cruikshanks [probably NX24380 L Cpl Clifford Louis Cruickshanks]; W Bailey [NX4134 Pte Walter John Brian Bailey]; B McIver [NX22826 Cpl Thomas James Bruce McIver]; G Timmis [[possibly VX31040 Pte John Raymond Timms]; W Anderson [NX2182 L Cpl Walter George Anderson] and R Negus [NX783 Cpl Robin Arnold Negus].
3rd row (18 men, 15 of which are named): J Street [VX3981 Cpl James Hillyard Street]; W Elliot [QX8954 Cpl Walter Joseph Elliott]; H Galloway [WX1778 L Cpl Herbert Alexander Galloway]; E Farleigh [NX4071 Cpl Ernest Charles Farley]; L Rollings [VX36871 Gunner (Gnr) Lawson Francis Rolling, died of illness, 4 May 1946, Victoria]; R Cadman [VX5599 Sergeant Philip Raymond Charles Cadman]; R Chambers [VX14019 Lance Sergeant (L Sgt) Ronald Joseph Chambers, MM]; R Hughes [NX6668 Cpl Raymond Richard Alexander Hughes; T Burrell [QX7412 L Cpl Thomas James Burrell]; H Johnson [WX788 Cpl Henry Cecil Johnson]; G Bell VX29461 Pte George William Bell]; R Honour [NX2763 Pte Henry Ross Honor]; SX1026 L Sgt Walter Alfred Haines (13th from left); R King [WX1008 Cpl Reginald Charles King]; J Hewitt [VX5120 Cpl John “Blue” Hewitt]; unidentified; unidentified; unidentified.
2nd row: L Squires [VX2001 Sgt Lewis Charles Squires]; A Richards [possibly VX21329 Sgt Stanley Albert Richards]; R Diemal [probably WX263 Pte Julius Thorold Deimel]; T Kidd [NX2920 Staff Sergeant Ernest Thomas Watson Kidd]; R Hamilton [WX1782 Staff Sgt Roy Kenneth Hamilton]; W Collins [WX260 WO2 William Davis Collins]; T Downie [NX3611 Warrant Officer Class 2 Thomas Downie]; W Brown [WX270 WO2 William Roderick Brown]; H Harris [NX22692 Warrant Officer Class 2 Henry Phillip Harris]; T Moore [NX4104 Acting Company Quartermaster Sergeant Thomas Sydney Moore]; G Anderson [NX2461 Acting Staff Sgt George Alexander Anderson or NX2591 Pte George Ernest Armstrong Anderson]; R Tonkin [VX37081 Sgt Rolstyn Nicholas Tonkin]; D Rankin [NX2613 Cpl Donald Colin Rankin]; M Wilson [possibly VX2469 Sgt Harrie Martin William Wilson]; and W Begent [VX21181 L Sgt William George Begent].
Front, seated: R Tanner [probably WX704 Sgt Clarence Joseph “Dick” Tanner]; L White [VX3638 Sgt Leslie Walter White]; R Dabinet [SX1021 WO Roy Kendall Dabinet] and B Hennessy [probably NX3909 Sgt Norbert Barry Hennessy].
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Accession Number
P00128.002
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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