Captain Keith McKeddie Doig
Portrait of Chaplain (4th Class) James Patrick Gilbert MC (left), 15th
Brigade, from Randwick, NSW and Captain Keith McKeddie Doig MC, 60th Battalion medical officer from Princes Hill, Victoria. Chaplain Gilbert was awarded the Military Cross in January 1917 for actions at Fromelles. Under heavy fire, Chaplain Gilbert had tended the wounded and dying unceasingly for 48 hours. On 1 January 1918 Captain Doig was also awarded the Military Cross, for his courage and devotion to duty during the Somme fighting. The two returned home to
Australia.
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1178 Lieutenant (Lt) William Edward Greenwood
Group portrait of officers from the 18th Battalion, many of whom are veterans of Gallipoli as indicated by the brass "A" on their colour patches. Identified are, back row: possibly 1311 Lieutenant (Lt) Eric Walter Satchell; possibly 23710 Lt Lancelot Mervyn Redgrave; 1178 Lieutenant (Lt) William Edward Greenwood; unidentified; and 624 Lt William Philpot. Front row: unidentified; 1020 Captain John Norris Doyle; 607 Lt Joseph Maxwell VC.Lt Philpot, a grocer from Lithgow, NSW, was wounded five times during his service, three by the time this photograph was taken. Lt Maxwell, a boilermaker from Sydney, NSW, was awarded the Victoria Cross, Military Cross and Bar, and Distinguished Conduct Medal. His VC was awarded for most conspicuous bravery and leadership in the attack on the reserve line of the Hindenburg Line on 3 October 1918. When his commander was severely wounded, Maxwell took over, disposed of an enemy machine-gun crew, then led his company to take the objective. Later, he went forward alone to silence a machine-gun position and then, with two others, attempted to capture a strongly held enemy post. Although captured, he managed to draw his revolver and kill two of the enemy before escaping with his men under heavy rifle fire.
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Walter Ernest Theodore Spencer
42 Driver Walter Ernest Theodore Spencer, 5th Divisional Signals, a
timekeeper from Richmond, Victoria.
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Robert Edward Charles
7 Sergeant (Sgt) Robert Edward Charles MSM, 29th Battalion (right), and an
unidentified soldier. A carpenter from Melbourne, Sgt Charles enlisted in March
1915 at 20 years of age. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in June
1918 for his hard work and resourcefulness as a sergeant cook, and returned home
to Australia in May the next year.
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7 Sergeant (Sgt) Robert Edward Charles MSM, 29th Battalion (right), and an
unidentified soldier. A carpenter from Melbourne, Sgt Charles enlisted in March
1915 at 20 years of age. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in June
1918 for his hard work and resourcefulness as a sergeant cook, and returned home
to Australia in May the next year.
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Corporal James Davie Renner
Soldiers from the 52nd Battalion. Identified front row, centre is 3400 Sgt John Alexander Spence, Fremantle, WA; second row, second from left
is 3382 Pte Oscar Lundgren, Fremantle, WA; and second row, centre is 3395 Corporal James Davie Renner, also from Fremantle, WA; back row, fourth from left is 3402 Pte William John Thornton, Popanyinning, WA. The 52nd Battalion was
largely made up of men transferred from the 12th Battalion hence the cancelled 12th Battalion colour patch worn by this group.
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