076763 Accession Number: 076763

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Group portrait of officers of the RAN River Class frigate HMAS Barcoo. Identified from left to right, back row: Midshipman John Christopher Loder from Sydney, NSW (son of Lord Wakehurst, Governor of NSW); Lieutenant John Casey Royal Australian Naval Reserve (RANR) from Auburn, NSW; unknown; unknown; unknown. Front row: Lieutenant Neil Ewer McDonald RAN from Port Lincoln, South Australia (later Rear Admiral); Lieutenant Commander Colin George Hill, RANR from Bellevue Hill, NSW (later awarded MBE); Lieutenant Commander William Barton Farr RANR, Engineering Officer from Midland Junction, Western Australia.

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Accession Number
076763
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
26 October 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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