ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-12-23. THE 148TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL TRANSPORT COMPANY HAS ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Northern Territory, Alice Springs
Accession Number 028382
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-12-23. THE 148TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL TRANSPORT COMPANY HAS ESTABLISHED ITS OWN GYMNASIUM, COMPLETE WITH BOXING RING, PUNCHING BAG, HORIZONTAL AND PARALLEL BARS ETC. PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS CONVOY DRIVERS WATCHING TWO OF THEIR MATES IN THE RING. LEFT TO RIGHT:- TOP ROW; PRIVATE A. KYLE, PRIVATE E.G. WEIDNER, PRIVATE J.S. PROUDFORD, PRIVATE S.S. AGNEW, PRIVATE A.M. WHITESIDE, PRIVATE R.W. WATT, PRIVATE A. SPILLMAN, PRIVATE M. TEMPLETON; CENTRE ROW; UNIDENTIFIED, PRIVATE J.J. MAFFESCOINI, PRIVATE A. BRIDGES, SERGEANT R.L. SINCLAIR, PRIVATE J.B. GAY, CORPORAL A.T. ILLMAN, LANCE-CORPORAL H.H. MAYNARD, PRIVATE T.G. WHITFIELD, PRIVATE A.T.W. SMITH, CORPORAL N.L. PINCOTT; BOTTOM ROW; FIRST TWO UNIDENTIFIED, THEN PRIVATE G.D. OPHEL, PRIVATE A.J. CRABBE, PRIVATE J.P. CANTWELL, PRIVATE W.C. VERRALL; IN RING, RIGHT; CORPORAL F.A. STRAHAN, PRIVATE H.C. SHARP (CENTRE) AND PRIVATE J.A.W. DEVIR.