Historical information

Photograph re 16th Intake National Service 23/4/1969 Recruit Training 20 Platoon D Coy Puckapunyal.
Photo in the collection re Peter Ball, refer Cat No 4704 for service/other details
Platoon names, surname only.
Back row.
Russell, Rennie, Carter, Henning, McMurrich, Golding, McLeay, Span, Musgrave, Tinney, Pitt.
Fifth row.
Flowers, McNair, Coates, Raco (Sam), Moon, Albert, DeJong, Taylor, Morgan, Burrows, Culp.
Fourth Row.
Wakeling, Fuller (Bob), Melbourne, Guistino, Thorpe, Forbes (Wayne), Alexander, Tirrell (Roger) Ellingham, Bloom, Freeman.
Third row.
Johnson, Watts, Tellis, Rankin, Whatmough, Goldsmith, Kopke, Thomas (Courtney), Darker, Lonergan.
Second row.
Russo, Cpl Brabrowsky, Cpl Eather, Cpl Richards, 2nd Lt Boag, Cpl Logan, Cpl Beasley, Robertson, Thompson.
Front row.
Dann, Hore, Ball (Peter), Luke (David), Clay,
Missing.
Sgt Simms, O'Donnell, Roberts, McHenry, Harris, Johns, Maher, Parmenta.
Served in Vietnam later that is known.
Henning, Fuller, Forbes, Thomas, Ball, Luke, Johns.
Cpls Eather, Richards & Beasley had already served in Vietnam'.
Thorpe served in Malaya later.

Physical description

Black and white photo of 20th Platoon, D Company. Six (6) rows of soldiers in uniform posed on the Parade Ground in front of building at Puckapunyal on 7th June 1969. Photo is in a white frame (wooden) with a glass front. Brown cardboard backboard with built in stand stapled to back.

Inscriptions & markings

On back written "16th Intake" x "8 x6".