| Place | Europe: United Kingdom, England, Yorkshire, Cleckheaton |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P07970.001 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Clayborn, R A |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England, West Yorkshire, Leeds |
| Date made | 24 February 1945 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Group portrait of an RAAF rugby union team. They played a match against a team of French players ...
Description
Group portrait of an RAAF rugby union team. They played a match against a team of French players at Batley, Leeds on 24 February 1945, and won 20-9. Back row, left to right: 433028 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Philip Maxwell McShane; 134746 Sergeant (Sgt) Roger Roydon Chalker, of Tighes Hill, NSW; 423190 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Terence Leslie O'Halloran, 463 Squadron; Flt Sgt A Beard, Australian surf champion; Corporal (Cpl) E Hall. Middle row, left to right: 403289 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Sydney Alberto Tocchini; Pilot Officer (PO) R Biltoft; Flt Sgt E Ennis; Flt Sgt Robert McIndoe; 432597 Flt Sgt John Frederick Todman. Front row, left to right: 423998 Flying Officer John Norman Harvey DFC; Flying Officer (FO) Laurence William Marshall DFC (a waterside worked prior to enlisting on 18 July 1942, who was accidentally killed in the United Kingdom on 20 March 1945, at the age of 29, and is buried in the Regional Cemetery, Cambridge); and FO J Thompson.