Lest we forget

Egypt 1915 
 
 Studio portrait believed to be of 3875 Driver (Dvr) James Quigley, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance and later 3rd Field Ambulance, of Broken Hill NSW. Dvr Quigley enlisted at Broken Hill on 8 February 1915 and embarked from Adelaide, SA, aboard HMTS Borda. He served at Gallipoli and later on the Western Front.

Studio portrait of 4287 Private (Pte) Stanley Charles Ryan, 7th Battalion, of Broken Hill, NSW. Pte Ryan enlisted on 27 July 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Demosthenes on 29 December 1915.

He returned to Australia on 10 March 1918.

Studio portrait of 1193 Sapper (Spr) Roy George Shaddock, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, of Broken Hill, NSW. Spr Shaddock enlisted on 7 January 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Afric on 9 January 1916. He returned to Australia on 23 March 1919.

Studio portrait of 1192 Sapper (Spr) Joseph Maria, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, of North Broken Hill, NSW. Spr Maria enlisted on 12 January 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Ceramic on 23 November 1915. He returned to Australia on 21 March 1919 with the 5th Divisional Signal Company.

Studio portrait of two soldiers shaking hands. On the right is 783 Driver (Dvr) John Renalson, 3rd Squadron, 1st Australian Remount Unit, of Broken Hill, Vic, aged 48. Pte Renalson enlisted on 11 October 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Orsova on 12 November 1915. He returned to Australia on 18 October 1916.

Studio portrait of 2806 Private (Pte) William Bernard (Burnard) Young, 5th Reinforcements, 29th Battalion, of Broken Hill, NSW. Pte Young enlisted on 18 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ascanius on 10 November 1915. He was killed in action on 30 September 1918 in France.

Studio portrait of 4531 Private Martin John Murphy, 4th Australian Field Ambulance of Broken Hill, NSW. A chemist prior to his enlistment on 20 September 1915 he embarked from Adelaide on board HMAT Miltiades on 7 February 1916 and returned to Australia on 16 January 1919.

GALLIPOLI, 1915-06. GRAVE OF LIEUTENANT CHARLES PERCY FARRIER OF BROKEN HILL, NSW, 10TH INFANTRY BATTALION, KILLED IN ACTION 1915-05-09 AGED 20 YEARS, BURIED LONE PINE CEMETERY. (PHOTOGRAPHER HORACE WARNER LYNCH. DONOR M. LAMIN)

Studio portrait of 2036 Private (Pte) James Henry Williams, 10th Battalion, of Bendigo, Vic taken at Camp Mitcham. Pte Williams enlisted at Broken Hill, NSW, on 18 February 1915. He died of wounds on 10 September 1916, aged twenty two.

Studio portrait of 3201Private (Pte) Keith Murdoch McLeod, 50th Battalion of Broken Hill, NSW. An upholsterer prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 8th Reinforcements on HMAT Berrima (A35) on 16 December 1916. On 26 September 1917 he died of wounds received at Ypres, Belgium; he was aged 20 years.

Pre-enlistment studio portrait of 3428 Private (Pte) Charles James Stracey Chapple, 16th Battalion, of Kalgoorlie, WA (orginally of Broken Hill, NSW). A labourer prior to enlistment, Pte Chapple embarked with the 11th Reinforcements from Fremantle on HMAT Benalla on 1 November 1915.

On 7th February 1917 he was killed in action at Fleurs, France, aged 23.

Studio portrait on a commemorative card of 1334 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Harold Thorp, 16th Battalion, of Broken Hill, NSW. A labourer prior to enlistment, L Cpl Thorp embarked with H Company from Melbourne on HMAT Ceramic on 22 December 1914. On 11 April 1917 he was killed in action in France, aged 32. He has no known grave and is commemorated at the VillersBretonneux Memorial, France.

Studio portrait of 1776 Private (Pte) Charles Edward Smedman, 27th Battalion. A labourer from Broken Hill, NSW prior to enlistment, Pte Smedman embarked with the 3rd Reinforcements from Adelaide on RMS Morea on 26 August 1915. On 4 August 1916, aged 22, he was killed in action at Pozieres and, having no known grave, is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux memorial.

Studio portrait of 2605 Private (Pte) Harold Edwin Halse, 8th Battalion. A carpenter from Broken Hill, NSW prior to enlistment, Pte Halse embarked with the 8th Reinforcements from Melbourne on SS Makarini on 15 September 1915. Whilst serving in France, he was killed in action at Pozieres on 18 August 1916, aged 26 and, having no known grave, is commemorated on the VillersBretonneux Memorial.

Studio portrait of 1273 Private (Pte) Duncan Baker, 29th Battalion. A plumber from Broken Hill, NSW prior to enlistment, Pte Baker embarked with D Company from Melbourne on HMAT Ascanius on 10 November 1915. Later promoted to Lance Corporal, he was wounded in action and evacuated to England. Following his recovery he was transferred to the 58th Battalion and returned to Australia on 19 February 1919.

Studio portrait of 3752 Private (Pte) Harry Rees, 48th Battalion from Broken Hill, NSW. A 22 year old trucker prior to enlistment on 23 August 1915, he embarked for overseas with the 12th Reinforcements of the 16th Battalion from Adelaide on 2 December 1915 aboard RMS Malwa. On arrival in Egypt, he transferred to the 48th Battalion and then deployed with them to the Western Front where he was killed in action at Pozieres, France on 6 August 1916. Pte Rees is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, France.

Studio portrait of 4530 Private (Pte) John Clare Murphy, 10th Battalion from Broken Hill, NSW. A 22 year old butcher prior to enlisting on 10 September 1915, he embarked for overseas with the 14th Reinforcements from Adelaide on 7 February 1916 aboard HMAT Miltiades. After further training in Egypt, he joined the battalion in France where he was wounded in action. On his recovery, Pte Murphy spent a short period with the 32nd Battalion before transferring back to the 10th Battalion in France and then served in Belgium where he was killed in action at Passchendaele on 8 October 1917. Pte Murphy is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres with others who have no known grave.

Studio portrait of 84 Private (Pte) Joseph James Lanyon, 1st Battalion from Broken Hill, NSW. A 21 year old labourer with previous service in the 20th Militia prior to enlisting on 13 April 1916, he embarked for overseas with the 3rd Divisional Cyclist Company from Sydney on 18 May 1916 aboard HMAT Demosthenes (A64). On arrival in France, he transferred to the 1st Battalion on 29 October 1916 and was killed in action near Gueudecourt, France on 5 November 1916. Pte Lanyon is commemorated on the Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux, France with others who have no known grave.

The isolated grave of 6327 Private Robert Edward Sherwood, of the 27th Battalion, enlisted Broken Hill, NSW, date of death 2 September 1918, in Peronne Communal Cemetery. There are buildings in the background. This image is one of a set of photographs of the original graves of some members of the 27th Battalion. The Battalion funded the purchase of the camera through its adjutant Captain (Capt) Southon for 5541 Pte G R Barrington to photograph the graves. The camera and negatives were then acquired by Major John L Treloar on behalf of the Australian War Museum, reimbursing costs for the camera to Capt Southon.

Surrounded by wire posts and a tin helmet, the isolated grave of 1944 Private Harold Leslie Leese, 27th Battalion, enlisted Broken Hill, NSW, killed in action 8 August 1918, in Crucifix Corner British Cemetery.

The fenced graves of 846 Lance Corporal Roy Stephen Kenyon MM of Broken Hill, NSW, and 2234 Corporal John Tomich MM of Port Pirie, SA, both of the 27th Battalion, killed in action 29 August 1918, in Assevillers New British Cemetery in front of a building.

Studio portrait of 2589 Private William Charles Baker, 17th Battalion, of Haberfield, NSW. Son of William Henry and Matilda Baker, of Broken Hill, NSW. An electrical mechanic prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Euripides (A14) on 2 November 1915. He was killed in action in France on 26 July 1916, aged 25. He was buried in the vicinity of Pozieres, France. Post war his grave was not found and he is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.

Studio portrait of 2594 (later 2594A) Private (late Trooper) Richard Charles Vandyke Temple, 9th Light Horse Regiment of Broken Hill, NSW. A bank clerk prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard RMS Mooltan on 24 August 1916. On 18 November 1916, he injured his spine while swimming at Ismalia, Egypt. On 22 January 1917, he was repatriated to Australia and discharged from the Army suffering from paraplegia. He died in Adelaide, South Australia on 7 April 1918, aged 23. He is buried in the North Road Anglican Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia.

Studio portrait of 6135 Private Walter Fitzroy Pratt, 10th Battalion of Broken Hill, NSW (originally of Melbourne, Victoria, and Kent Town, SA). A proof reader prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 19th Reinforcements on HMAT Ballarat (A70) on 12 August 1916. He was killed in action at Polygon Wood on 21 September 1917, aged 23. He has no known grave and is memorialised at the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Studio portrait of 2302 Lance Corporal (L/Cpl) Joseph Scott, 48th Battalion, of Broken Hill, NSW. Formerly a miner, L/Cpl Scott enlisted on 21 January 1916, and as a member of the 4th Reinforcements, (originally of Tasmania), he embarked from Adelaide, SA, on 12 August 1916 aboard HMAT Ballarat (A70). He served on the Western Front and was killed in action in France, on 5 April 1918, aged 30.

Studio portrait of 4563 Private (Pte) Oscar Lennard Kiesewetter, 27th Battalion, of Broken Hill, NSW. A station hand and barman prior to enlisting in February 1916, he embarked with the 11th Reinforcements from Adelaide onboard HMAT Shropshire (A9) on 25 March 1916. Pte Kiesewetter arrived in Alexandria in May 1916 and joined his unit in France on 23 September 1916. Pte Kiesewetter was killed in action on the Somme, France, on 5 November 1916. He was 24 years of age.

Studio portrait, mounted in a memorial brooch, of 2041 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Cecil George Harland, 32nd Battalion, of Adelaide, SA (and Broken Hill, NSW). A metal worker prior to enlistment, L Cpl Harland embarked with the 3rd Reinforcments from Adelaide on HMAT Miltiades on 7 February 1916. On 20 July 1916 he was killed in action at Fromelles, France, aged 25. He has no known grave and is commemorated at VC Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles. The photograph is circled by a kangaroo and emu, the Union Jack flag, the Australian flag (blue background), the word 'AUSTRALIA' and the date '25.4.15'.

Studio portrait of 2885 Gunner (Gnr) Ranald John Fletcher, 4th Light Horse Regiment, of Broken Hill, NSW. A farmer prior to enlistment he embarked from Melbourne, Vic, with the 20th Reinforcements on board HMAT Port Sydney (A15) on 7 September 1916. He later transferred to the 4th Field Artillery Brigade on 24 November 1917. On the morning of 29 September 1918 Fletcher and two other men were hit by an exploding shell; they were all killed instantly, he was 28 years of age. Gnr Fletcher is buried at the Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Studio portrait of two soldiers of the AIF. The soldier on the right is unidentified. The soldier on the left is 1364 Sergeant (Sgt) William John James, 50th Battalion from Broken Hill, NSW. A 22 year old labourer prior to enlisting on 28 November 1914, he embarked for overseas as a Private with the 2nd Reinforcements of the 10th Battalion from Melbourne on 2 February 1915 aboard HMAT Clan McGillivray. After serving at Gallipoli with the 10th Battalion, he transferred to the 50th Battalion in Egypt and was promoted to Corporal and then to Sergeant. The battalion went to France in June 1916 and Sgt James was killed in action at Noreuil on 2 April 1917. He is buried in the Noreuil Australian Cemetery, France.

Studio portrait of 1904 Driver Arthur Leslie Eddy, 50th Battalion from Broken Hill, NSW. A 20 year old trucker prior to enlisting on 23 March 1916, he embarked for overseas with the 3rd Reinforcements from Adelaide on 13 July 1916 aboard HMAT Seang Bee. Following further training in England, he joined the battalion in France in December 1916. Driver Eddy was wounded in action at Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium on 17 October 1917 and died from his wounds the next day. He is buried in the Potijze Chateau Lawn Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium.

Studio portrait of 4489 Acting Sergeant Leslie Victor O'Brien, 32nd Battalion. A bookkeeper from Broken Hill, New South Wales, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 12th Reinforcements from Adelaide on 16 December 1916 aboard HMAT Berrima for Devonport, England. He retained the acting rank throughout the voyage and for the duration of training in England, reverting to the rank of Private on 8 October 1917 when he transferred to the 43rd Battalion at the Western Front near Ypres, Belgium, and was appointed to the rank of Lance Corporal (L Cpl) a month later. L Cpl O'Brien was killed in action near Hamel, France, on 4 July 1918 and is buried in the Crucifix Corner Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, France. He was aged 25 years.

Studio portrait of 3455 Acting Corporal (A/Cpl) Frank Leslie Riggs, 10th Battalion. A blacksmith from Broken Hill, New South Wales, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 11th Reinforcements from Adelaide on 27 October 1915 aboard HMAT Benalla (A24) for Egypt. On 29 February 1916 he was transferred to the 50th Battalion and was promoted to Corporal shortly afterwards. The battalion relocated to the Western Front, France, during early June 1916. Cpl Riggs was killed in action near Mouquet Farm on 16 August 1916. He has no known grave and he is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France. He was aged 24 years.

Studio portrait of 3650 Privates (Pte) Thomas Edwards, 32nd Battalion. A driver from Broken Hill, New South Wales, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 8th Reinforcements, from Adelaide on 12 August 1916 aboard HMAT Ballarat (A70) for Devonport, England. Following training in England he proceeded to France and joined his battalion on the Western Front near Longueville, France, on 6 March 1917. Pte O’Donnell was wounded in action near corbie, France, on 27 April 1918 and was evacuated to the 8th Australian Field Ambulance where he died of these wounds later that day. He was aged 23 years.

Studio portrait of 477 Private (Pte) Frank Batt, H Company, 10th Battalion, of Broken Hill, NSW. He served in the East Surrey Regiment, British Army for 6 years including the Boer War before enlisting in the AIF. Pte Batt embarked from Adelaide, SA onboard HMAT Ascanius (A11) on 20 October 1914. Pte Batt served on Gallipoli and was killed in action on 25 April 1915. He was 33 years of age.

Studio portrait of 1724 Private (Pte) Philip Thomas Brady MM & Bar, 10th Battalion. A stereotyper from Broken Hill, NSW prior to enlistment, Pte Brady embarked with the 4th Reinforcements from Adelaide on HMAT Port Lincoln on 1 April 1914. Later serving on the Western Front as a linesman with the 50th Battalion, he was awarded the Military Medal for courageous action at Mouquet Farm. Later promoted to Lance Corporal he was awarded a Bar to his Military Medal for similar actions at Amiens. He returned to Australia on 5 April 1914. He Later went on to serve in the Second World War as a Private with the 2nd Australian Armoured Brigade Company, Australian Army Service Corps.

The original grave of 59 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Henry Norman Chandler, 3rd Field Company Australian Engineers, situated in a cemetery overlooking the sea on the coast of the Gallipoli Peninsula. A carpenter in civilian life before enlisting at Broken Hill, NSW, on 21 August 1914, L Cpl Chandler was killed in action on 1 August 1915, aged 24 years.

Studio portrait of 506 Sergeant (Sgt) Reginald Roy Inwood VC, 10th Battalion. A miner from Broken Hill, NSW prior to enlistment, Sgt Inwood embarked with the rank of Private with H Company from Adelaide on HMAT Ascanius on 20 October 1914. Whilst serving in France he was awarded the Victoria Cross "for most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty during the advance to the second objective. He moved forward through our barrage alone to an enemy strong post and captured it together with nine prisoners, killing several of the enemy. During the evening he volunteered for a special patrol which went out six hundred yards in front of our line, and there - by his coolness and sound judgement obtained and sent back very valuable information as to the enemy's movements. In the early morning of the 21st September Pte Inwood located a machine gun that was causing several casualties. He went out alone and bombed the gun and team killing all but one whom he brought in as prisoner with the gun." He returned to Australia on 24 August 1918. He later went on to serve as a Warrant Officer Class 1with the Provost Corps during the Second World War.

The graves of Captain William Stanley Willshire MC of Broken Hill, NSW, killed in action 29 August 1918, and 5616 Private Thomas Edward Marriott MM of Ardrossan, SA, both of the 27th Battalion, killed in action 30 August 1918, in Cappy Communal Cemetery Extension. A soldier lays a wreath on the grave of each comrade.

Outdoor group portrait of officers of the 10th Infantry Battalion using a wagon as a grandstand to watch a battalion sports carnival at Mena Camp Egypt, Christmas 1914. The officers are from left to right: Captain (Capt) Mervyn James Herbert from Brighton, South Australia (later Major (Maj)); Capt Felix Gordon Giles from Marylands, South Australia (later Maj and awarded DSO); Lieutenant (Lt) William Howard Perry from Broken Hill, NSW (later Capt and awarded MC); Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Stanley Price Weir from St Peters, South Australia, the battalion Commanding Officer (later awarded DSO); Lt Herbert Champion Hosking from St Peters; Maj Miles Fitzroy Beevor from Unley, South Australia (later Lt Col); Capt Francis Maxwell de Frayer Lorenzo from Westbourne, South Australia, Adjutant (later Lt Col and awarded DSO); Lt John Hamilton from Broken Hill (later Capt); Lt Hector Roy Heming from North Adelaide; Lt Louis Gordon Holmes from Norwood, South Australia; Capt George Dorricutt Shaw from Hindmarsh, South Australia (later Maj); Lt Alfred Cyril Sommerville from Croydon, South Australia; Lt Trevor Owen-Smyth from Adelaide (killed in action at Gallipoli on 6 May 1915). Note the date on the print is incorrect (it should read "Xmas 1914").

A row of simple wooden crosses marks the graves of several soldiers from the 10th Infantry Battalion who are buried in Victoria Gully. From left to right the graves belong to 592 Private (Pte) James Roy Washington; Lieutenant (Lt) Charles Percy Farrier; unknown; 311 Pte Frederick James Pinkney; others unknown. Pte Washington, a miner from Broken Hill, NSW, Lt Farrier, a surveyor from Broken Hill and Pte Pinkney, a mechanic from Owen, SA all embarked from Adelaide on HMAT Ascanius on 20 October 1914. Pte Washington was killed in action on 11 May 1915, Lt Farrier was killed in action on 9 May 1915, aged 20 and Pte Pinkney was killed in action on 8 May 1915, aged 32. Following the Armistice their remains were exhumed and re-interred in the Lone Pine Cemetery.

Studio portrait of 2141 Private (Pte) Cyril John Conley, 48th Battalion, from Broken Hill NSW. Pte Conley enlisted at the age of 18 on 11 May 1916 and embarked for overseas on 12 August 1916 aboard HMAT Ballarat. He was captured at Reincourt, France on 11 April 1917 and held at German Prisoner of War (POW) camp Limburg. He was repatriated to London in December 1918 and embarked to return to Australia in March 1919. Handwritten note on back of photograph reads: "28.2.18 Dear Miss, Many times I have thought of droping a line to you, in answer & thanks to you splendid work, no doubt we are all very proud of you & your Committee. I received 10/- sent by you about two weeks ago. I would like to mention I have received no letters for a long time. Parchim (Meckl) is my new address. The Swiss Bread comes very regular, (some of the men have received badges etc. I hope mine are on the way. With Best Wishes. I Remain C.J. Conley" One of a series of over 400 photographs sent by Australian POWs in German camps to Miss M. E. Chomley, Secretary, Prisoners Department, Australian-British Red Cross Society, London. Original album housed in AWM Research Centre at RC00864, Album image number 157.

The original grave of 5139 Private (Pte) Ernest Leslie Knowling, 10th Battalion, in the Tel El Kebir Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. An iron moulder of Broken Hill, NSW, he enlisted on 10 February 1916 and sailed from Adelaide on HMAT Stropshire with the 16th Reinforcements on 25 March 1916. He died from meningitis on 27 May 1916, aged 21. This photograph is from an Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau file. The Bureau, which commenced operation in October 1915, sought to identify, investigate and respond to enquiries made regarding the fate of Australian personnel. It investigated the majority of personnel posted as wounded and missing on official Army lists, as well as written enquiries from concerned relatives and friends. Approximately 32,000 individual case files were opened for Australian personnel who were reported as wounded or missing during the First World War. The Bureau employed searchers to operate both at the front and in Britain. They searched official lists of wounded and missing, interviewed comrades of missing soldiers in hospitals and wrote to men on active service. Altogether 400,000 responses were sent back to those who placed enquiries with the Bureau.

Studio portrait of 684 Private (Pte) William Thomas Adams, 7th Battalion, of Port Adelaide, SA. With three years service in the senior cadets in Broken Hill, and employed as an engineer before enlisting in August 1914, Pte Adams left Australia in October 1914. Landing at Gallipoli as part of the second wave attack on 25 April 1915, Pte Adams was oďŹƒcially listed as killed in action sometime between the 25th April and 2 May 1915. Pte Adams' younger brother, Trooper (Tpr) Hugh George Adams, 9th Light Horse, also served on Gallipoli, and in a letter to his parents two months later wrote: "Several days ago I managed to get over to where Bill's company was and met his mate who told me the bad news; Bill got through the wonderful charge allright - but - was shot through the head while in the trenches on the 3rd day". To his mother Tpr Adams writes: "God bless you, though, and cheer you up Mum: Bill died a hero fighting for his country so be consoled with the knowledge that your first son died bravely in honour and glory to save his family and countrymen from an approaching enemy". Pte William Adams was killed three days short of his 21st birthday, and is buried at Lone Pine Cemetery.

Studio portrait of 260 Trooper (Trp) James Hamilton Ayliffe, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, of Broken Hill, NSW. A bushman prior to enlisting in August 1914, Tpr Ayliffe embarked from Adelaide on board HMAT Port Lincoln (A17) on 22 October 1914. He served at Gallipoli from 9 May 1915 until the evacuation in December and then proceeded to Palestine where he was was appointed Corporal (Cpl) on 2 July 1916. Cpl Ayliffe was wounded in action at El-Arish, Palestine, on 9 January 1917 and promoted to the rank of Sergeant (Sgt) on 8 July 1917. On 7 November 1917 Sgt Ayliffe, aged 27, died of wounds received in action at Beersheba, Palestine. Sgt Ayliffe was the eldest of three brothers who served with the AIF. 6537 Private (Pte) William Hawden Ayliffe, 50th Battalion, was killed in action on 25 April 1918 at Villers-Bretonneux, France, aged 25. 259 Sergeant Frank Keith Ayliffe, 5th Motor Transport Company, returned to Australia in October 1918, aged 24.

Informal outdoor portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Victor Athelstan Norvill, No. 2 Squadron Australian Flying Corps (AFC). A mechanical engineer from Broken Hill, NSW prior to enlistment, Lt Norvill embarked with C Flight from Melbourne on HMAT Ulysses on 25 October 1916. Later transferring to 69th Squadron, he was shot down near Vitrey, France and badly wounded. He was subsequently captured and interned as a prisoner of war in Germany. Due to the extent of his wounds, he was repatriated to England in January 1918 and returned to Australia on 10 March 1918 and was medically discharged.

Three Australian officers at Gallipoli, identified from left to right: Lieutenant Roy Kernot of the 1st Division Engineers; Lieutenant Edward Stanley Whitehead of the 3rd Field Company Engineers and Lieutenant Louis Willyama Avery (later MM) of the 1st Division Engineers. The three friends were all associated with the Silverton Tramway Company in Broken Hill and survived the war.

Group portrait of the original officers of the 10th Battalion prior to leaving Adelaide for Egypt. Left to right, back row: Lieutenant (Lt) Julius August William Kayser from Alberton, South Australia (later Major, killed in action in France on 16 February 1917); Lieutenant (Lt) Clarence Rumball from Thebarton, South Australia; Lt Louis Gordon Holmes from Norwood, South Australia; Lt Trevor Owen-Smyth from Adelaide, South Australia (later killed in action at Gallipoli on 6 May 1915); Captain (Capt) Sydney Raymond Hall from Unley, South Australia (later killed in action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915); Lt John Hamilton from Broken Hill, NSW (later Capt); Lt Alfred Cyril Sommerville from Croydon, South Australia; Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) David Leslie Todd from Adelaide (later Capt); and Lt Albert John Bryne from Broken Hill (later killed in action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915). Middle row: Lt Mervyn James Herbert from Brighton, South Australia (later Major (Maj)); Lt Keith Eddowes Green from Prospect, South Australia (later killed in action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915); Lt Robert James Mansfield Hooper from Alberton (later killed in action at Gallipoli on 27 May 1915); Lt Eric John Carl Stopp from Kent Town, South Australia; Lt Hector Roy Heming from North Adelaide; Lt Eric Wilkes Talbot Smith, (later died of wounds in Egypt on 30 April 1915); Lt Herbert Champion Hosking from St Peters, South Australia; and Capt Harold William Hastings Seager from Adelaide (later Maj and awarded MC). Front row: Lt Eric James Sexton from Alberton (later Maj); Capt George Dorricutt Shaw from Hindmarsh, South Australia (later Maj); Maj Miles Fitzroy Beevor from Unley, South Australia (later Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col)); Capt Harry Carew Nott (Medical Officer) from Lower Mitcham, South Australia (later Lt Col); Maj Frederick William Hurcombe, Second in Charge (2IC) from Mile End, South Australia (later Lt Col and MID); Colonel Stanley Price Weir (Commanding Officer) from St Peters (later awarded DSO); Capt Francis Maxwell de Flayer Lorenzo (Adjutant) from Westbourne Park, South Australia (later Lt Col and awarded DSO); Capt Charles Francis Minagall (Quartermaster) from Goodwood, South Australia (Later Maj); Capt Edward Castle Oldham from Hackney, South Australia (later Maj and killed in action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915); Capt Ross Blyth Jacob from Kadina, South Australia (later Lt Col); and Lt Vernon Hermann Robley from Gilberton, South Australia. Absent: Lt William Stanley Frayne from Mile End, South Australia, (later killed in action at Gallipoli on 6 August 1915); Lt Charles Percy Farrier from Broken Hill (later killed in action at Gallipoli on 9 May 1915); Lt Felix Giles from Maylands, South Australia (later Lt Col); 2nd Lt Noel Medway Loutit from St Peters (later Lt Col); Lt William Howard Perry from Broken Hill (later Capt and awarded MC); and Captain George Ernest Redburg from Norwood, South Australia (later Maj).

Studio portrait of 3673 Sergeant (Sgt) George Roy Bice, MM, of Port Augusta, SA, who enlisted with B Section, 7th Field Ambulance as a Private on 15 March 1915 and sailed on HMAT Geelong from Adelaide on 31 May 1915. Sgt Bice was promoted to Sgt in the field and was awarded the MM and a MID for his actions on 20 September 1917 by guiding stretcher bearers throught heavy shell bombardments and for the 'many occasions where he has shown the upmost gallantry'. Sgt Bice was killed in action on 29 October 1917 in France and is buried in the Poperinghe New Military Cemetery in Belgium on Memorial Panel number 182. Sgt Bice worked as an office clerk in Broken Hill prior to his enlistment in Adelaide.

Members of the 18th Reinforcements, 10th Battalion, wearing greatcoats, prior to boarding HMAT Barambah (A37) (previously Hobart). Identified are: (L to R) front row: 5652 Acting Corporal Arthur Andrew Bart Elliott, of Kent Town SA; 5749 Private (Pte) Norman Frank Read, of Broken Hill, NSW; 5770 Pte John Joseph Wethers, of Prospect, SA (hand inside his greatcoat) ; unidentified; and 5865 Pte Otto John Wolbers, of Nortons Summit, SA, (sitting on a wooden crate). Standing behind the front row, in the centre is 5776 Pte Sidney Marks. Pte Wethers, promoted to Lance Corporal, was killed in action on 29 September 1918 in France as a member of the 43rd Battalion.

Studio portrait of two Australian ex-Prisoners of War (POW), 2812 Trooper (Tpr) Reuben John Blechynden, Imperial Camel Corps, from Bridgetown, Western Australia, on left, and 1351 Signaller (Sig) Duncan Leslie Richardson, 1st Light Horse Regiment, from Broken Hill, NSW, on right. Tpr Blechynden enlisted on 1 March 1916 at the age of 16 and embarked for overseas with the 10th Light Horse Regiment on 17 July 1916 aboard RMS Mongolia. He was captured at Gaza on 19 April 1918 and held as a POW in Yarbaschi, Amanus District, Turkey. On 7 August 1918, he wrote "Shall be very pleased when money and parcels sent come to hand. P.A. O'Hare of the 3rd Company I.C.C. [Imperial Camel Corps] an Australian captured on 19/4/17 is here with me, he has not received any letters whatever since being here, although we other Australians who were captured the same time have been receiving letters from home at intervals for 8 or 9 months." Tpr Blechynden was repatriated to Cairo on 28 November 1918, to England on 17 December and arrived back in Australia on 17 March 1919. Sig Richardson enlisted on 20 June 1915 at the age of 23 and embarked for overseas on 12 October 1915 aboard HMAT Pera. He was captured in the Romani Canal Zone on 4 August 1916 and held as a POW in Turkey. While at Afion Kara Hissar, Turkey, he wrote on 7 July 1918 "Am keeping well, Another food parcel has arrived safely in good condition. Things have changed a lot and I am in a much better camp and parcels and money seem to be arriving very well now, but I am still in the same trouble about letters. I have had three in twelve months. I think my people are writing a little more than that." Sig Richardson was repatriated to Alexandria on 21 November 1918, to England on 17 December and arrived back in Australia on 26 March 1919. One of a series of over 400 photographs sent by Australian POWs in German camps to Miss M. E. Chomley, Secretary, Prisoners Department, Australian-British Red Cross Society, London.

Studio portrait of 1680 Private (Pte) Charles Edward Victor Curson, 3rd Reinforcements, 27th Battalion, of Wilcannia, NSW. Pte Curson enlisted on 16 March 1915 and embarked from Adelaide aboard HMAT Morea on 26 August 1915. He returned to Australia on 31 July 1918.

Studio portrait of 2nd Lieutenant James Balfour Harcus Taylor [James Balfour Taylor], 52nd Battalion, of Wilcannia, NSW. A labourer prior to enlisting on 9 May 1914, 606 Private Taylor embarked from Hobart, Tas, aboard HMAT Geelong, on 20 October 1914. He was killed in action in France on 3 September 1916, aged 23.

Studio portrait of 6391 Private David Eedle Marriott, 22nd Battalion. A railway porter of Coburg, Victoria, (originally of Wilcannia, NSW) before his enlistment, he embarked on HMAT Hororata on 23 November 1916 with the 18th Reinforcements. He was killed in action on 7 October 1917 at Ypres, Belgium. He was aged 31 years

Studio portrait of 909 Private (Pte) Thomas Leslie Rowe, 27th Battalion of Wilcannia, NSW. A labourer prior to enlistment, Pte Rowe embarked with the Battalion from Adelaide aboard HMAT Geelong on 31 May 1915. He was killed in action in Belgium on 27 June 1916, aged 20.

Studio portrait of two privates. Seated is 1931 Private (Pte) Reginald Alexander Bertram Hay, 14th Reinforcements, 27th Battalion, of Mount Gambier, SA. Pte Hay enlisted on 19 May 1915 and embarked from Adelaide aboard HMAT Star of England on 21 September 1915. He returned to Australia on 31 March 1919 as a member of the 2nd Divisional Signal Company. Standing is 1680 Private (Pte) Charles Edward Victor Curson, 3rd Reinforcements, 27th Battalion, of Wilcannia, NSW. Pte Curson enlisted on 16 March 1915 and embarked from Adelaide aboard HMAT Morea on 26 August 1915. He returned to Australia on 31 July 1918.

The grave of 5100 Private Frederick Charles Winkless, 27th Battalion, of Tibooburra, NSW, killed in action 14 June 1918, in Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Fouilloy. This image is one of a set of photographs of the original graves of some members of the 27th Battalion.

Studio portrait of 2915 Private (Pte) William Edward Gill, 50th Battalion. A drover from Tibooburra, New South Wales, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 7th Reinforcements from Adelaide on 19 July 1916 aboard HMAT Afric for Plymouth, England. Following training in England, and several weeks hospitalisation due to illness, he eventually joined his battalion on the Western Front in early July 1917. Pte Gill was killed in action near Villers-Bretonneux on 7 May 1918 and is buried in the Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, France. He was aged 26 years.

Studio portrait of 467 Sergeant (Sgt) Colin Gordon Thomson, 27th Battalion. Sgt Thomson enlisted on 28 January 1915 and after serving at Gallipoli was killed in action near Pozieres on 4 August 1916. A farmer from Mount Stuart Station, Tibooburra, NSW, Sgt Thompson was thirty years old. His mother Agnes Thomson wrote the following on the Roll of Honour circular she completed and returned to the Australian War Museum: " I am a widow with a family of eight children. Colin was the eldest and on the death of his father in 1909, he took his place in the business and looked after us all until he enlisted in 1915. He was engaged to Dr Mary C Degaris [then a resident doctor at Tibooburra] who was afterwards with the British Women's hospital unit in Salonika (Greece)". The Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB) includes the following biography of Dr Degaris: "Mary Clementina (1881-1963), born on 16 December 1881, elder of twin girls, achieved distinction. Her father's Mildura business prospered just in time to pay for a final year's schooling for 'Clemmie' at the Methodist Ladies' College in Melbourne, where she was dux in 1898. She matriculated with exhibitions in English and history, then graduated with high honours in medicine from the University of Melbourne. In 1907 she became the second woman in Victoria to take out an M.D. On the death of her fiancĂŠ in World War I, she served for fifteen months as head of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service attached to the Serbian Army and was decorated by the Serbian government. After post-graduate study overseas, she practiced with distinction as an obstetrician in Geelong and was a pioneer in the feeding of high protein diets to pregnant women. Her publications include Clinical Notes and Deductions of a Peripatetic (London, 1926). She died at Geelong on 18 November 1963.