074857 Accession Number: 074857

Description

Informal group portrait of the Commanding Officer and officers of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) shore station, HMAS Basilisk and the Naval Officer- in- Charge, Port Moresby staff. Identified from left to right, back row: PM2999 Paymaster Lieutenant Frederick Charles Birch (1); Lieutenant Raymond Jack Eddington (2); Warrant Officer Ernle Kyrle Money (3); Sub Lieutenant Noad Harvey Jackson Reynolds (4); Warrant Mechanician John Clifford Lewis Sibun (5); Warrant Officer Douglas (6); Paymaster Lieutenant Duncan John McDonald Wyles (7); Lieutenant Hugh Campion Wyllie (8); Lieutenant George Frederick Amsberg (9); Lieutenant Algernon Gordon Stephen (10); Paymaster Sub Lieutenant Kevin Patrick Ryan (11); Lieutenant John Archibald Dow (12); Lieutenant William Drysdale (13); Warrant Supply Officer Allan Salway (14); Lieutenant John Brodie Marshall (15); Warrant Officer McKenzie (16); Lieutenant Montague William Mathers (17); Engineer Lieutenant Commander John Munro (18); Lieutenant Commander Leslie Maxwell Hinchcliffe, DSC, (19); Paymaster Lieutenant Commander Raymond Thomas Bennetts (20); Lieutenant Geoffrey Robert Orr (21).

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Accession Number
074857
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
28 July 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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