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2/30 Battalion Band
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At Bathurst is 1941.
Left to right:
Back row:
1) NX68238 - DESMET, Stanley Joseph (Bill), Pte. - Trombone - "F" Force
2) NX68235 - COPLEY, Francis Peter, Pte. - Solo Cornet - "F" Force
3) NX68236 - LUGTON, Stanley James (Stan), Cpl. - Solo Cornet - "F" Force
4) NX36270 - ELPHICK, James Jack (Jack), Pte. - Solo Cornet - "F" Force
5) NX67631 - WATTERSON, Rowland Hubert (Roly), Sgt. - G Trombone - Died Kanburi No. 1 10/12/1943
6) NX36324 - BROUFF, Charles William (Charlie), Pte. - Cornet - "F" Force
7) NX66840 - WILKINSON, Dudley Norman, Pte. Cornet or Tenor Horn - "A" Force
8) NX68237 - HODGE, William Peter (Bill), Pte. - Cornet - "F" Force
9) NX68186 - HODGES, Alfred William James, Pte. - Cornet - Died Kami Sonkurai 16/10/1943 - "F" Force
10) ? - McLEOD, J., Pte. - Trombone
Middle row:
1) NX46929 - MIDDLETON, William (Bill), Cpl. - Eupho - Leader of Concert Party Orchestra, Changi
2) NX36142 - PARSONS, Lindsay Heyhoe, L/Cpl. - Eupho - Did not sail from Bathurst
3) NX57915 - VOLLHEIM, Eric Charles Norman, Pte. - Tenor Horn - "B" Force
4) NX53156 - BROWNBILL, Ronald Will Leonard (Bill), Pte. - Horn - Died at Tamarkan, 12/1/1944 - "A" Force
5) NX36443 - RINGWOOD, Stanley, Sgt. - Drum Major
6) NX36719 - MONTGOMERY, James William (Jim), Pte. - Side Drums - "F" Force
7) NX36267 - WHITTERON, Edward Sprowell (Ed), Pte. - Horn - Died Kuie 10/6/1943 - "F" Force
8) NX41078 - CROSSMAN, Alan Byron, Pte. - Baritone - Died at Kami Sonkurai, 16/10/1943 - "F" Force
9) NX35482 - MOUNTFORD, Laurence Gordon (Laurie), L/Cpl - Baritone - "J" Force
Front row:
1) NX69851 - RYAN, Patrick Leonard (Len), Pte. - B. B. Bass - "F" Force
2) NX36839 - EDMONDSTONE, Bertie Joseph (Bert), Pte. - B. B. Bass - Died at Shimo Sonkurai 29/8/1943 - "F" Force
3) NX34999 - RAMSAY, George Ernest, Major (Second in Command)
4) NX70416 - GALLEGHAN, Frederick (Black Jack) Gallagher, Lieutenant Colonel (Commanding Officer)
5) NX66171 - PALMER, Sidney John, Sgt - Bandmaster, Conductor & Solo Cornet - "B" Force
6) NX34738 - LAMACRAFT, Alfred Maudslay (Alf), Captain (Adjutant)
7) NX68232 - TEMPLEMAN, John James (Ben), Pte. - E Bass - "A" Force
8) NX68185 - BOWDEN, Thomas Arthur (Tom), Pte. - E Bass - "F" Force
Reclining:
1) NX36271 - GOUGH, William George (Bill), Pte. - Bass Drum - "A" Force
2) NX36098 - HART, James (Shorty), Pte. - Side Drum - "F" Force
Other Band members:
1) NX46241 - BARRETT, Victor Leslie, Pte. - "F" Force
2) NX72156 - JORDAN, Sydney Alfred Arthur, Pte. - Cornet - "F" Force
3) NX72160 - JORDAN, Walter Leo George, Pte. - Trombone
4) NX47007 - ROBINSON, Howard Charles (Bill), Pte. - Cornet - "A" Force
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