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France,
1917. Group portrait of several members of
A Company 42nd Battalion, 1st AIF. Left to right: back row: Corporal (Cpl) Clacher;
Private Beech; Lance Cpl Day; 964 Cpl Ernest Dudley Travers; Cpl Vance.
Front row: Cpl Allen; Captain Robert Stuart Rankin, Officer Commanding the
unit; 2079 Company Quartermaster-Sergeant Frederick Geise. A number of the
soldiers are wearing greatcoats to keep warm.
(Donor
Estate of F. Stichnoth) |
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France,
1917. Informal group portrait of NCOs of 42nd Battalion, 1st
AIF, standing in the snow beside the wall of a building. Left to right:
back row: Sgt Nicoll; Sgt Read; 1208 Sgt Frank Walter Alexander; 2883 Sgt
Ferdinand August Stichnoth; 1783 Sgt William Stanley Brittain; 945 Sgt
William Robert Soorley; 528 Sgt John Henry Borger. 2nd row: 1915 Sgt
William James Judd; Sgt Miller. Front row: 524 Sgt William Edward Binns;
Sgt Valentine; 715G Sgt William Fahey, MM and Bar; Company Sergeant Major
Tooth; 281 Company Quartermaster-Sergeant James Brebner; Sgt Scanlan; 297
Sgt James Arthur Cornwall. (Donor Estate of F.
Stichnoth) |
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The
Pipes & Drums of the 42nd. Note that Bandsmen acted as
Stretcher Bearers when not involved in ceremonial duties. Note also that
in the mud of Flanders it sometimes took 8 men to carry 1 wounded man. |
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Postcard.
On the back the wording "Yours Sincerely. Nurse R E Turner (?),
City of
London Military Hospital, City Rd SE1. 695 Sgt A H Smith, B Coy 42nd
Battalion (eggs au cooked)". |
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1918;
Group portrait of
the officers of the 42nd Battalion at Locre. Left to right, back row: Lieutenant
(Lt) H. V. Petersen; Lt C. Loriard MC; Lt C. Collins; Lt T. D. Tierney
DCM; Lt E. M. Stevenson MC; Lt W. G. Fisher. Middle row:
Lt R. Wrench; Lt E. Carr; Lt C. V. M. Broom; Lt J. Murray; Lt P. H.
Savage; Lt W. H. Shaw; Lt J. F. Wood MC; Lt A. B. McKay MC; Lt J. McLean
DSO MC. Front row: Lt T. S. Lewis; Lt A. J.
Beatty; Captain (Capt) E. H. Halstead MC; Capt L. H. Anderson; Major (Maj)
J. Farrell DSO; Maj A. R. Woolcock DSO Croix de Guerre; Lt Stanley Richard
Warry MC; Capt Thompson MC; Capt J. Findlay; Lt H. W. A. McDonnell; Lt
Clarence Samuel Trudgian MC. |
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