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Rfm. Alfred George Sellens
Army 1st Btn. 5 Platoon The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
I am doing some research for a friend of mine. Her father was Alfred George Sellens, a RF.N. in the Cameronians. He served in DP of Burma 1943 to’45. He and other soldiers wrote several wonderful poems in an old Eclipse Reporters Note Book, which I think has a twin somewhere. One of these poems is “The Bar O Boys, Introducing 5 Platoon.” The list below contains as many names as I was able to glean from the poem. If any of these names are familiar, please contact me. I would love to compile a history of this Platoon and discover if there is another Eclipse Reporters Note Book of poetry out there.
Bar O Boys 5 Platoon
Taffy John - Range Boss
Tex, M’Guire - Foreman
Donneky
J.C. O’Connel
Sinclair
Auchinclose
Smokey Rooney
Little Cooney
Pete McEwan
Tichy Elam
Thompson
Ginger Spiers
Watt
Wee Spud Tomson
Georgie Woods
Bobby Dreer
Deighton
Harry Hindson
Tug Wilson - bronco buster
Petrie - top hand rustler
Begorra, Pat, Hayewood
Duncan Michie
Tam Mc’Crae
Sammy Begg
Jackson
Fair-Man (Scottish Rifles)
Any information that would lead to the identity of theses riflemen would be greatly appreciated.