The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Portrait of 234 2nd Corporal (2 Cpl) Archibald Evatt (Arch) Bland, 1st Field Company, Australian Engineers, carrying water along Bridges Road on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Most of the water for the Company was obtained from wells sunk by the 2nd Field Company in the valleys. 2 Cpl Bland, originally of Gloucester, England, worked as an engineer prior to enlisting on 16 September 1914. He embarked from Melbourne, Vic, aboard HMAT Berrima (A32) on 22 December 1914. 2 Cpl Bland died of wounds received in the Chalk Pit at the beginning of the Battle of Pozieres on 23 July 1916, aged 30 years. Primarily used by the Australian Engineers during the First World War, Second Corporal was a former British Army rank in the Royal Engineers and Army Ordnance Corps. Second Corporals wore one rank chevron, but unlike Lance Corporals they held full NCO rank. The rank was abolished in 1920.
Informal portrait of 1134 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) George Bland, 16th Battalion. A brassmoulder, of Prospect, South Australia, he enlisted on 21 October 1914 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Cer
Studio portrait of 149 Corporal (Cpl) Archibald Trenery Burton, 12th Field Company Australian Engineers, of St Kilda, Victoria. A carpenter and joiner prior to enlistment, Cpl Burton embarked with the
Studio portrait of 123 Corporal (Cpl) Gordon Burton, 8th Field Company Engineers, of St Kilda, Victoria, incorporating a hand-painted colour patch and medal ribbon. A carpenter prior to enlistment, Cp
FOUR CORPORALS OF A COMPANY, 1 BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (1RAR), AT SEA ON BOARD THE SS DEVONSHIRE EMBARKED FOR SERVICE IN KOREA. LEFT TO RIGHT: 2/10544 CORPORAL (CPL) S. P. CATTERALL,
Studio portrait of 521 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Robert Sumner. A tailor from Fitzroy, Victoria, L Cpl Sumner enlisted on 17 August 1914 and embarked with the rank of Bugler with the 6th Battalion, E Com
Studio portrait of 84 Sergeant (Sgt) William 'Jack' Echlin Turnley, 1st Field Company Engineers. A British migrant from Liverpool, England, Sgt Turnley had served 2 years with the Volunteer Rifles and
