Group portrait of the 37th Battery of the Australian Field Artillery outside the Chateau, ...

Accession Number E02515
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass transparency (positive)
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France
Date made 14 June 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Group portrait of the 37th Battery of the Australian Field Artillery outside the Chateau, Cocquerel, France on 14 June 1918.
Identified front row from left to right:
4154 Driver (Dvr) Vernon Francis John Cain of Strathdownie, Victoria (1);
1806 Gunner (Gnr) Francis Thomas McGinty of Dubbo, NSW, wounded 27 May 1917, second occasion 30 June 1918 (2);
31213 Dvr Francis William Warbrick of Summer Hill, NSW (3);
1852 Dvr Harry Jones MM (12 November 1917) of Tingha, NSW, wounded (4);
31096 Gnr Henry Frederick Hinton of Sydney, NSW, evacuated sick (5);
23263 Dvr Robert Carter of Colosseum, Queensland, wounded 8 August 1918 (6);
2894 Corporal (Cpl) Thomas Herbert Humphreys MM (7 & 8 June 1917) MID (18 September 1918) of Launceston, Tasmania, evacuated sick 29 September 1917 (7);
689 Veterinary Sergeant (Sgt) George Brady of Charters Towers, Queensland, 26 November 1918 (8);
441 Farrier Sergeant Leslie McCrae of Chiltern, Victoria, 1914 furlough to Australia (9);
1302 Sergeant Herbert Edward Selmes of North Sydney, NSW, evacuated sick 14 October 1917, evacuated gassed 16 August 1918 (10);
315 Battery Sergeant Major Thomas William Colliss MM (8 August 1918) of Woonona, NSW, wounded 13 August 1918, 1914 furlough to Australia (11);
422 Quartermaster Sergeant George Webb of Paddington, NSW, 1914 furlough to Australia (12);
Lieutenant (Lt) Alfred Joseph Bussell MC of Wonnerup, Western Australia, killed in action (KIA) in France on 13 October 1918, last member of 37th Battery KIA (13);
Major Edwin Stanley Sutton of Killara, NSW, evacuated sick 2 July 1918 (14);
1045 Trumpeter George Grant Stephen of Rozelle, NSW, KIA in France on 13 August 1918 (15);
Captain Francis Joseph Milburn McAdam of West Perth, Western Australia, wounded 26 September 1917, wounded 13 July 1918 (16);
Lt William Greene of Moonee Ponds, Victoria (17);
1705 Dvr John O'Shannessy of Junee, NSW (18);
26154 Gnr William Curran of Omeaton, Victoria, wounded 19 January 1918, wounded 20 April 1918 (19);
1569 Dvr Wenzel Harold Raymont of Craydon, NSW, died of wounds 12 October 1918 (20);
2224 Dvr Timothy McMahon of Marrickville, NSW (21);
1477 Bombardier (Bdr) William Brannell Downie of Leichhardt, NSW, evacuated sick 2 November 1918 (22);
1790A Dvr Arthur Edmund Starr of Bulli, NSW (23);
36643 Gnr John St. Elmo Eldershaw of Old Junee, NSW, evacuated sick 2 May 1918 (24);
36636 Gnr Keith Forrest Lord of Quirindi, NSW, evacuated sick 26 October 1918 (25);
32938 Dvr Sidney Smith of Lillyfield, NSW, evacuated sick 13 December 1917, evacuated shell shock 13 August 1918 (25);
34128 Gnr William Dickson of East Richmond, Victoria (27);
1406 Dvr Henry Timmins of Richmond, NSW, wounded 8 August 1918 (28);
2225 Gnr Thomas Edward McKenna, an Indigenous serviceman from Grafton, NSW, wounded 11 August 1918 (29).
Second row:
1993 Dvr William Hall Buddle of Waratah, NSW, evacuated sick 29 October 1918 (30);
1314 Dvr Robert Atwood Holden of Tamworth, NSW, evacuated sick 5 August 1918 (31);
2757 Shoeing Smith (S Sth) Edward Alexander McRae of Ashfield, NSW, evacuated sick 20 November 1918 (32);
15678 Dvr Edwin Morphet of Sydney, NSW (33);
14411 Dvr Harold Douglas MacDonald of Marrickville, NSW, wounded 8 August 1918 (34);
31170 Gnr Harold Cochrane of Unanderra, NSW, evacuated sick 23 November 1917 (35);
2017 Bdr Francis Bernard Doyle of Inverell, NSW, evacuated gassed 16 August 1918 (36);
2287 Gnr Colin Leslie Frazer Ross of Hobart, Tasmania, wounded 29 September 1917, evacuated sick 12 September 1918 (37);
1261 Sgt Ernest Ellis Edwards of Launceston, Tasmania, wounded 29 September 1917, 1914, furlough to Australia (38);
950 Sgt Arthur Scobie McCormick MM (22 April 1918) of Watsons Bay, NSW, wounded 16 September 1917 (39);
1556 Sgt Reginald Percy Lewis of Darlinghurst, NSW, wounded 7 February 1918, evacuated sick 16 November 1918 (40);
3309 Sgt Alfred James Clennett of Dover, Tasmania, 1914 furlough to Australia (41);
1309 Sgt Lionel Ray Cutts of Iverell, NSW, evacuated sick 14 November 1917, wounded 13 July 1918 (42);
2011 Sgt Leonard Lovett of Newtown, Tasmania, 1914 furlough to Australia (43);
1762 Cpl Bertie Clarence Knight of Bankstown, NSW (44);
1797b Cpl Charles Herbert Meek of Sydney, NSW, wounded 13 August 1918 (45);
21042 Cpl John McGinn of Mackay, Queensland (46);
1349 S Sth Cpl Robert William Stanley of Willams Ford, Tasmania, evacuated sick 12 September 1918, evacuated sick 16 November 1918 (47);
2028 Cpl Louis Dale Orchard of Launceston, Tasmania, 1914 furlough to Australia (48);
1262 Cpl George Frederick McIntyre MM (22 April 1918) of Corunna, NSW (49);
4454 Gnr Charles Edward Bagust of Wagga Wagga, NSW, (50);
30430 Dvr Henry Clark of Middle Park, Victoria (51);
33147 Gnr John Frazer Thomas of Malvern, Victoria (52);
2156 Dvr Blandford Thomas Lucas Bateman of Wagga Wagga, NSW (53);
37856 Gnr Arthur Barry Couch of Woolongong, NSW, evacuated sick 20 October 1918 (54);
942 Gnr Robert Johnstone of Serilambone, NSW (55);
36900 Gnr Robert Bruce Donaldson MM (17 October 1918) of Heidelberg, Victoria, evacuated sick 12 May 1918, wounded 10 October 1918 (56);
26424 Gnr Albury Murray Nowland of Cootamundra, NSW (57);
28117 Gnr Samuel Robert McGrady of Neutral Bay, NSW, evacuated sick 31 December 1917, evacuated sick 5 February 1919 (58);
2014 Dvr Walter Dexter of Sydney, NSW, evacuated sick 24 August 1917 (59);
4528 Dvr Riley Alexander Sherwin of Colo Vale, NSW (60);
155 Dvr William Keith Devine of Bismark, Tasmania, 1914, furlough to Australia (61).
Third row:
2256 Bdr Sidney James Thorpe of Natal, South Africa (62);
31180 Gnr John Evans Reeves of Gladesville, NSW, evacuated gassed 19 August 1918 (63);
31175 Gnr John Edward Foulstone MM (29 September 1918) of Auburn, NSW, wounded 29 September 1918 (64);
31178 Bdr Frank Bennett Jones of Drummoyne, NSW (65);
30258 Gnr William Hewson Anderson of Arncliffe, NSW, wounded 29 September 1917, wounded 5 April 1918 (66);
32007 Dvr Arthur James Harper of Coonabarabran, NSW (67);
6241 S Sth Wilfred Norton Hearps of Ulverstone, Tasmania (68);
6133 Dvr James Claude Robson of Sheffield, Tasmania, evacuated 10 October 1918 (69);
4738 Dvr Frederick Thomas Barker MM (12 November 1917) of Launceston, Tasmania, wounded 24 September 1918 (70);
2266 Gnr Frederick George Wetzler of Inverell, NSW (71);
2891 Dvr Stephen O'Connor of Alexander, NSW, KIA 13 August 1918 (72);
1027 Dvr James Herbert Porter of Singleton, NSW (73);
38407 Gnr Daniel L. Woodriff of Penrith, NSW, evacuated sick 24 November 1918 (74);
33336 Gnr Thomas Kingsley Clarke of Campbell Town, Tasmania(75);
1905 Gnr Edward Henry Appleton MM (17 October 1918) of Pakenham, Victoria, evacuated sick 20 October 1918 (76);
33904 Gnr William Arthur Lindsay of Dapto, NSW, wounded 25 September 1918 (77);
27561 Bdr William Hale Hocking of Fitzroy, Victoria (78);
1401 Dvr Percival James King of Newtown, NSW (79);
34785 Dvr Ashley Moreton MacGee of Watsons Bay, NSW (80);
25872 Bdr Edward Victor Klemke of Williamstown, Victoria (81);
26289 Gnr Thomas Andrew Bremner of Dunedin, New Zealand, wounded 6 October 1917 (82);
3535 Dvr John Elwin Bentley of Hobart, Tasmania, evacuated sick 25 October 1918 (83);
31101 Gnr Thomas Irwin of Christchurch, New Zealand (84);
1303 Gnr Cyril Clifford Coles of Newcastle, NSW, evacuated gassed 21 October 1917, evacuated sick 22 October 1918 (85);
29548 Dvr Jeremiah McCarthy of County Kerry, Ireland, evacuated sick 10 November 1918 (86);
1255 Gnr Jack Lancelott Mathews of Randwick, NSW, evacuated sick 3 August 1918 (87);
3904 Gnr Henry Renford of Randwick, NSW (88);
1323 Dvr Ernest Alfred Heel of Mackay, Queensland (89);
1755 Dvr William Frederick Long of Albury, NSW, evacuated sick 1 November 1918 (90);
33007 Dvr William Scott of Marrickville, NSW, evacuated sick 28 December 1917 (91);
1797A Dvr Robert Marshall of Sydney, NSW (92);
23313 Gnr William Joseph McCulloch of North Melbourne, Victoria (93).
Fourth row:
6138 Gnr Murray Edward Mays of Ulverstone, Tasmania, evacuated shell shock 22 April 1917, evacuated shock 31 August 1918 (94);
1819 Dvr Cecil John Elzric Rorke of Warren, NSW (95);
2413 Gnr Thomas John McKnight of Mackay, Queensland (96);
3321 Gnr Benjamin Robert Gough of Cobargo, NSW (97);
30211 Dvr Richard John Leslie Leaver of Coogee, NSW (98);
1395 Dvr George Raymond Hicks of Manning River, NSW, evacuated sick 8 October 1917, evacuated wounded 24 September 1918 (99);
37700 Gnr John Algernon Cussen of North Adelaide, South Australia, evacuated sick 10 September 1918 (100);
33146 Gnr Ian Robert Henry Kennedy of Malvern, Victoria (101);
1538A Dvr Joseph Reginald Foley of Sydney, NSW, evacuated gassed 27 September 1917 (102);
2020 S Sth Arthur William Falkner of Gorkrakine, Western Australia (103);
10605 Dvr Harry Frederick Smith of Sydney, NSW, wounded 24 September 1918 (104);
33668 Gnr Harry Wall of Maitland West, NSW (105);
unidentified (106);
885 Gnr Percival Harold Nash of Leichhardt, NSW (107);
3192 Dvr Clement Percy of Launceston, Tasmania (108);
27323 Gnr William John Dunn of Sydney, NSW (109);
3356 Saddler William Stephen Johnson, Manning River, NSW (110).
Back row:
1548 Dvr Reginald Ernest Gillam of Mudgee, NSW (111);
32045 Dvr Alfred Edward Lawson of Bega, NSW (112);
31116 Gnr Bernard Brown of Sydney, NSW (113);
6106 Dvr Raymond Ernest Martyn of Hobart, Tasmania (114);
2547 Gnr Alfred John Pass of Sydney, NSW, wounded 11 August 1918 (115);
25873 Bdr Herbert Leigh of Geelong, Victoria (116);
1916 Dvr Henry Norman Rixon of Uralla, NSW, wounded 8 October 1918 (117);
5464 Dvr Edmund Downer of Sydney, NSW, wounded 2 April 1918 (118);
28782 Dvr James Francis Kemble of Sydney, NSW (119);
28884 Gnr Clifton Arnold Lovett of Wellington, NSW (120);
1980 Dvr Percival Herbert Bentley of Inverell, NSW (121);
1455 Dvr George Frederick Leonard Barnes of Newcastle, NSW, evacuated sick 14 November 1917 (122);
4896 Dvr Dennis Ryan of Ascot Vale, Victoria (123);
3199 Dvr Charles James Robertson of Clermont, Tasmania (124);
33050 Dvr Norman Keith Lane of Coogee, NSW (125);
1735 Gnr Walter Russell Draper of Sydney, NSW (126);
27262 Gnr Leslie Campbell Lupton of Bondi, NSW, evacuated injured October 1917, wounded 24 September 1918 (127);
11055 Gnr Thomas Augustine Ellis of Sydney, NSW, wounded 17 April 1917, evacuated sick 16 October 1918 (128);
1169 Gnr Reginald Cabalzar of Fingal, Tasmania, evacuated sick 4 September 1917, wounded 8 August 1918 (129);
2664 Dvr Michael O'Connor of Alexandria, NSW, evacuated shell shock 15 August 1918 (130);
4494 Dvr James Stewart Floyd of Gladstone, Tasmania (131);
1713 Gnr Sidney Daniel Pidcock of Casino, NSW (132);
4313 Dvr George Featonby of Mathinna, Tasmania (133);
1098 Dvr Ernest Hannan of Hurstville, NSW (134).
See E02515K for position of those named in this caption.