080837 Accession Number: 080837

Description

Group portrait of personnel of the 24th Battalion of the 15th Infantry Brigade assembled at the Watsonia Camp on 6 October 1944 before taking part in the Second Victory Loan march held in Melbourne on 13 October 1944.
Back Row left to right: VX104425 Corporal (Cpl) William John Cruise; VX15198 Sergeant (Sgt) Douglas Carlisle Cowen; V285949 Pte Ronald Kenneth Stork; VX148230 Pte Frederick Lionel Bruhn; VX104498 Sgt William Walter Peters; VX140001 Pte Thomas Delany; VX135506 Cpl James Frederick Tonkin; Either V510622 Pte George James Dickson or VX81965 (V23292, V23293) Pte Leslie Gordon Dickson or VX93875 Pte Thomas Alfred Charles Dickson; VX150089 L Cpl Royal Nightingale; VX148401 Pte Leonard William McMicken. Pte McMicken, aged 20, was killed in action on 13 May 1945 while on patrol at Shinru Creek, Bouganville, Solomon Islands; VX150274 (V290485) Pte Henry Charles Stone; Either VX77924 Pte John Sutherland Mackenzie or VX135513 Pte John William McKenzie; VX129249 (V7392) Cpl James William Conroy; V502724 Pte John Edward Horne; VX143592 Sgt Harold Norman Blundell (later Military Medal); VX150489 Pte James Joseph Edward White; VX109125 (V40951) Sgt Alan Francis Jackson (later Military Medal); V509096 Pte Thomas Keith Downie.
Middle Row left to right: VX148266 Pte Reginald James Beer; VX141420 Pte Rupert Joseph Cattlin; V330213 Pte Patrick Daniel Connelly; VX109152 (V185619) Pte Campbell Malcolm Wittman; VX84597 (V40639) Pte Colin Crump; VX143553Pte Arthur John Preen; VX141607 (V42165) Pte Harry Albert Baker; V206481 Pte Anthony Albert Rebbechi; VX143969 Lance Sergeant Harold James Paxino.
Front Row left to right: VX104467 Private (Pte) William Desmond Mains; VX122399 Pte Alexander Walter Rappell; VX143972 (V40585) Lance Corporal ( L Cpl) John Herbert Murray; VX143982 Pte John Francis Egan; VX51557 Captain Arthur Reginald Duel; VX151880 Pte William Clyde Dunstan; VX148233 Pte Keith Hildon Sheffield; VX104529 Staff Sergeant Edwin Henry Tratt.

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Accession Number
080837
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 3x4"
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
6 October 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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