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TRIPOLI, SYRIA. 1942-05-04. A GROUP OF OFFICERS OF THE 2/17TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION. FROM THE LEFT:- FRONT ROW - CAPTAIN P. O'BRIEN, CAPTAIN L.C. BRIEN, MAJOR J.W. BALFE, CAPTAIN C.G. PITMAN (ADJUTANT). LIEUTENANT COLONEL N.W. SIMPSON (COMMANDING OFFICER), MAJOR G.K.M. MAGNO (2ND-IN-CHARGE), CAPTAIN J.R. BROADBENT, CAPTAIN A.M. ALISON, CAPTAIN I.F. MCMASTER AND CAPTAIN J.F. SULLIVAN. CENTRE ROW - LIEUTENANTS R.C. GARNSEY, J.M. OWEN, S.G. WATERHOUSE, A.L. MATHIAS, CAPTAIN P.H. PIKE, LIEUTENANTS T.E. SWAN, H.H. MAIN, CHAPLAIN W.L. BYRNE, LIEUTENANTS G.F. HOLTSBAUM, R.S. RUDKIN, K.B. SABINE, R.V. BURGESS AND CAPTAIN A.J.C. NEWTON. BACK ROW - LIEUTENANTS S.M. WILLIAMS, S.H. YEEND, D.J. CARTLEDGE, J.W. BRAY, R.J. DICK, A.E. NICHOLSON, A.P. CRAIK, R.J. BENNIE, A.H. TILL, K.E. BEARD, N.F. MCDONALD AND R.A. HOLLOWAY.
TRIPOLI, SYRIA. 1942-05-04. A GROUP OF OFFICERS OF THE 2/17TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION. FROM THE LEFT:- FRONT ROW - CAPTAIN P. O'BRIEN, CAPTAIN L.C. BRIEN, MAJOR J.W. BALFE, CAPTAIN C.G. PITMAN (
TRIPOLI, SYRIA. 1942-05-04. OFFICERS OF HQ COMPANY, 2/17TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION. FROM THE LEFT:- FRONT ROW- CAPTAIN A.J.C. NEWTON, MAJOR J.W. BALFE, LIEUTENANT COLONEL N.W. SIMPSON AND LIEUTE
TRIPOLI, SYRIA. 1942-05-04. OFFICERS OF "A" COMPANY, 2/17TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION. FROM THE LEFT:- FRONT ROW - CAPTAIN L.C. BRIEN, LIEUTENANT COLONEL N.W. SIMPSON AND CAPTAIN I.F. MCMASTER. BA
TRIPOLI, SYRIA. 1942-05-11. "A" COMPANY OFFICERS OF THE 2/17TH INFANTRY BATTALION WITH NCOS. FROM THE LEFT:- FRONT ROW - LIEUTENANT A.L. MATHIAS, CAPTAIN L.C. BRIEN, OFFICER COMMANDING, LIEUTENANTS R.
TRIPOLI, SYRIA. 1942-05-04. SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE 2/17TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION. FROM THE LEFT:- FRONT ROW - MAJOR J.W. BALFE, LIEUTENANT COLONEL N.W. SIMPSON, AND MAJOR C.K.M. MAGNO. BACK ROW
A group of officers of the 2/17th Infantry Battalion, Tobruk. From left to right: Back row: Lieutenant (Lt) J. B. Norris (Possibly NX15055 Lt John Richard Bertram Norris); NX29407 Lt George Freder
