| Accession Number | P09471.003 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Sydney Harbour |
| Date made | c 2 March 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Group portrait of the Special Draft of Australian Imperial Force officers from Queensland aboard ...
Description
Group portrait of the Special Draft of Australian Imperial Force officers from Queensland aboard the RMS Ormonde, which embarked from Sydney on 2 March 1918. Identified are back row, left to right: Lieutenant (Lt) H Smith; Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Kenneth Sanders Thompson (served 42nd Battalion, killed in action 31 August 1918); Lt Arthur Frederick Snelling (served 43rd Battalion); 2nd Lt James Irwin Graham (served 25th Battalion); Lt Michael Joseph Flannery (served 41st Battalion); Lt Arthur Stanley (served 41st Battalion); 2nd Lt Douglas Kenneth Paine (served 26th Battalion); Lt Frederick Gordon Grenfell (served 26th Battalion); Captain (Capt) Vivian Stewart Cooper (served 26th Battalion); 2nd Lt Percy Harold Sandford (served 42nd Battalion, died of wounds 1 September 1918); Lt Henry Jarrett Nix (served 31st Battalion); Lt Albert Charles Cox (served 10th Battalion); Lt Percy Ussher Gooch (served 25th Battalion). Second row: 2nd Lt Charles Victor Izdebski (served 25th Battalion, killed in action 2 September 1918); Lt William Thomas Blake (served 25th Battalion); Lt Percy Lloyd Hart (served 25th Battalion); Capt J C Elliott; Capt William Graham Oakley (served Australian Army Medical Corps); Lt Philip Henry Wieneke (served 9th Battalion); Lt Cedric Leahy McLaughlin (served 25th Battalion). Front row: Lt Alexander Christie (served 26th Battalion); Lt Albert David Coxhead (served 31st Battalion); Lt John Kenneth Hoge (served 25th Battalion); 2nd Lt Walter Raymond Ross (served 26th Battalion); Lt Frank Bruce Norman (served 26th Battalion).