Group portrait of Officers' Mess of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) at ...

Group portrait of Officers' Mess of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) at Enoggera Barracks. Back row, left to right: Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) L E D Cooper; 2nd Lt T E Dineen; 2nd Lt D Levenspiel; 2nd Lt E W Anderson; Lieutenant (Lt) K A Hudson; 2nd Lt J Bourke; Lt D H Fussell; Lt J E D White; 2nd Lt L Seal; Lt G L Mansford; Lt J W S Maddams; Lt L O Peters; 2nd Lt D R Keena; Lt E C Crooks; and 2nd Lt D G Savage. Middle row: Lt B H Wickens; Padre H Mansell; Lt I McLean-Williams; Captain (Capt) D D Caldwell; Capt M T Turrell; Capt W G Coburn; Capt M P Casey; Capt R F Merrell; Capt K W Baudistel; Capt B R Honner; Capt O E Kleinig; Lt J Orr MBE; Lt B W Pannell. Front row: Capt I E Hutchison; Capt E A Richardson; Major (Maj) W A Piper; Maj F J Spry; Maj Colin Nicholas Kahn (later Khan); Lieutenant Colonel A V Preece MVO; Colonel O D Jackson OBE; Maj A T Pembroke MC; Maj R G Kennedy; Maj L D Johnson; Capt P R Phillips; and Capt A W Hammett. (Absent: Maj G J Lucas MC; Maj R G Morahan; Father E J Harley; Lt D C Presgrave; Lt I J Cahill; 2nd Lt R M Tucker; and Lt R E Harring.) On the return to Australia from Malaya 2RAR was reorganised into what was known as a Pentropic Battalion with a full Colonel in charge, with 5 Rifle companies and internal structure to support them. The Pentropic concept was discontinued when the Australian Army reorganised for service in Vietnam in 1965. 2RAR was split and its members formed into new 2RAR and 6RAR battalions.