Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Joseph Walton Hopkins and the 58 Infantry (Essendon Rifles)

Officers of the Area 58B (Ascot Vale) Instructional Staff, taken early in 1914  at the Melbourne Showgrounds. 

Compare this photo with the one on the 58 Inf Bn page.  Identified in this photo are:

Top Row, L-R:  1 Joseph Hopkins 2 --------- 3 Burrow-S-V--SSM-4 4 -----------  5 Arthur Richardson

Seated, L-R:  1  Harry McLeod Duigan   2  Sutherland-B-M-Capt  3  Wells R W Capt   4 John Alexander Kerr  5 ----------

 Chapman E H S 2nd Lieut and R W Wells enlisted soon after war began.  Wells and Chapman were was killed at Gallipoli.  The photo probably dates to the early part of 1914.  Photo courtesy of Margery Burston.

Identifications as follows, top row, left:

1 Arthur Richardson  2 ----- 3 -------- 4 Chapman E H S 2nd Lieut   5 --------- 6 ---------- 7--------- 8 --------

Front row, left:

1 John Alexander Kerr 2  Harry McLeod Duigan 3------------ 4 ------------- 5 ------------- 6  Wells R W Capt  7 --------------

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