Group portrait of members of the 34th Battalion at Bulford Army Camp. The men have just returned ...

Group portrait of members of the 34th Battalion at Bulford Army Camp. The men have just returned to camp following a long training march. Standing, from left: 484 Private (Pte) Charles Edward Lee; 493 Pte Clarence William Matthews; 581 Pte David Julian Weinburg; 440 Pte George Glover, of Nelson's Bay, NSW (later killed in action at Messines, Belgium, on 7 June 1917, aged 22). Seated, from left: T Heaton; 407 Pte Henry Dempsey; 432 Pte Frederick Galleghan; 490 Pte Cecil Maloney. Front row, from left: 358 Pte Robert Atkinson, of Weston, NSW (later killed in action at Passchendaele, France, on 12 October 1917, aged 21); 392 Pte Cornelius Croese. The photograph was sent by Pte Cecil Maloney to his sister Perle. 432 Pte Frederick Galleghan was later known in the Second World War as a battalion commander, who won acclaim and respect as the commander of Australian prisoners in Changi. He was given the name "Black Jack" for his complexion, dark hair, and brown eyes. He was a stern figure with a natural air of authority that brooked no dissent. Some officers claimed to have feared Galleghan more than they did the Japanese. Nevertheless he is said to have been a respected leader who understood that his men's survival depended on their morale, which he maintained through the imposition of military discipline. After liberation he told his men that they were returning home as soldiers not prisoners and subsequently refused to be associated with prisoner-of-war organisations. He was promoted to colonel and honorary brigadier, made retrospective to 1942, and transferred to the retired list in January 1946. Galleghan headed the Australian Military Mission to Germany in 1948-49 as an honorary major general and became involved in helping displaced persons to immigrate to Australia. He retired from the public service in 1959 and served as honorary secretary of the Royal Humane Society of New South Wales between 1959-70. He also worked with both the Services Canteens Trust and Australian Cadet Corps during his retirement. In 1969 Galleghan was knighted for his services to veterans. He died on 20 April 1971 in Mosman, Sydney.