Some of the men of 17 Platoon, D Company, 16 DLI, photographs taken at Blida, North Africa in June/July 1943. Pictures and identifications courtesy of Ken Lovell.
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Top photo: kneeling front, left to right: (1) Possibly Pte Bostock? (3) L/Cpl Bill Crummack (KIA 13/10/43) (4) Pte Grant
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Standing, left to right: (2) Pte 'Deep Purple' Downes (4) Pte Smith (6) Pte Harry Hooley, MM for actions on 27/9/44. (7) Pte Perkins.
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The photo below features the same group of men, but with L/Cpl Crummack standing at second left.
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It’s possible that some of these men will also feature on the 1942 photograph of D Coy, 16 DLI.
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