Officers of the 2nd Battalion, being dismissed after a parade. Identified from left to right are: ...

Accession Number H13896
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Place made Egypt: North Egypt, Mena
Date made December 1914 - April 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Officers of the 2nd Battalion, being dismissed after a parade. Identified from left to right are: Major Charles George Gordon (mounted) from Inverell, NSW (killed in action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915); Lieutenant Thomas Kennedy Westbrook from Randwick, NSW (killed in action in France on 7 May 1917); Captain (Capt) Leslie James Morshead from Ballarat, Victoria (later Lieutenant Colonel); Capt Clifford Russell Richardson from Armidale, NSW (later Major); Lieutenant (Lt) Eric Martin Solling from West Maitland, NSW (killed in action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915); Lt George Sidney Cook from Baulkham Hills, NSW; Lt Norman Leonard Rex Griffin from Double Bay, NSW; Capt Gordon Townshend Wallack from Sydney, NSW (killed in action at Gallipoli on 19 May 1915); Lt Garnet Wollesly Brown from Ashfield, NSW (killed in action at Gallipoli between 6 and 8 August 1915); Lt Harold Pryor Barton from Botany, NSW (killed in action at Gallipoli on 23 May 1915); Lt Harold Leslie Nash from Tamworth, NSW (killed in action at Gallipoli between 6 and 9 August 1915); Lt Frederick George Smith from Newcastle, NSW (died of wounds at Gallipoli on 8 May 1915); and Lt John Henry Francis Pain from North Sydney, NSW.