P03782.001 Accession Number: P03782.001

Description

An outdoors group portrait of the band of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) with their instruments. Identified: left to right: back row: 3963 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Alfred Edwin Floody, of Wonthaggi, Vic; 24044 Private (Pte) (later L Cpl) Norman Francis Hawkins, of West Maitland, NSW; 25208 Pte Peter Norman Whittaker, of Sydney, NSW; 210004 Pte Douglas Alex Harrison, of Cardiff, Wales; 23801 Pte (later L Cpl) William George Nichols, of Sydney, NSW. Centre row: 11229 Pte Darcy Webb, of Ipswich, Qld; 23608 Pte Sydney John Coates, of Sydney, NSW; 25370 Pte Raymond James Sturgiss, of Sydney, NSW; 1626 Pte Evan William Bond, of Sandgate, Qld; 21486 Pte George Henry Kendrigan, of Leichhardt, NSW; 23651 Pte Bruce Campbell, of Katoomba, NSW. Front row: 21094 Warrant Officer Class 1 (WO1) Noel Albert Vines, of Toowoomba, Qld, Band Master; 21105 Sergeant (Sgt) Keith Kevin Hunter, of Leichhardt, NSW, Drum Major; 1497 Cpl Leonard Douglas Oliver, of Gin Gin, Qld; Kneeling: 24147 L Cpl Neville Rowan, of Auburn, NSW; 21026 Corporal (Cpl) James Thomas McGivern, of Liverpool, England; 210140 L Cpl Derek Joseph David, of Lewisham, England; 22041 Pte Robert William Randall, of Sydney, NSW; 21548 L Cpl (later Cpl) Clive West, of Camden, NSW; 24386 L Cpl (later Cpl) Harold Edward Tomlinson, of Gilgandra, NSW, (leaning on a drum, right foreground).

Details

Conflicts

• Korean War, 1950-1953