This photograph was taken at Er Rama, Palestine in April 1944 (courtesy of Major Frank Duffy MC's daughter, Mrs M Maud). Honours and Awards are those pertaining at this time. Later awards are in brackets.
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Front row, left to right: Dr H M Jones MC, Major Alan Hay, Major Frank Duffy MC, Major Denis Worrall MC, Lt Col J Preston DSO, Captain H Pritchard, Capt Harry Mynheer MM, Capt Quartermaster 'Bert' Newman MBE, Lt Maurice Richardson.
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Second row: Lt Jimmy Coutts, Lt Laurie John, Lt Gordon R Harris, Major Pat Casey (later MC), Lt Woodlands, Lt Ray Mitchell, Lt Geoffrey Lindley, Lt Tom Reynolds MC, Lt Henry Harris.
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Third row: Lt McVicar, Lt Tom Periam, Lt Arthur Pearson (ex-C Company CSM, later Major and MC with the Carrier Platoon, Support Company), Lt Frank Flory, Lt Bill Miller, Lt Russell Collins MC, Lt J Gordon McKenzie, Lt Ken Mitchell (KIA 11/9/44), Lt ‘Dai’ Dodd.
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Back Row: Lt Ronald Elliott (later MC), Lt Brian Hill, Lt 'Giff' Footer, Lt John Smith, Lt Richard Hewlett, Lt Stanley 'Tim' Marshall (KIA 31/8/44).
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Several of the officers listed above were interviewed at length by the Imperial War Museum Sound Archive in the 1990s. These interviews are now available to listen to online at the IWM site. These are the direct links:
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Russell Collins: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80012168
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Lionel Dodd: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80017632
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Henry Harris: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80024306
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Alan Hay: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80012802
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Richard Hewlett: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80017633
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These 16 DLI officers, not present on the above photograph, were also interviewed at length by the IWM:
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Paul Armstrong (briefly with the battalion in 1942): http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80014570
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Gerry Barnett: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80011974
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Ronald Sherlaw MC: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80017375
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Lawrence Stringer: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80017280
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Douglas Tiffin: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80011992
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Arthur Vizard http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80016069
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Also Dr H M Jones deposited his 20 page typescript account of serving as a frontline doctor with the 16 DLI in 1943-44 with the Imperial War Museum. This IWM page has a summary of its contents:
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http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030001009
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