The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Percy Ellesmere Smythe, 24th Battalion, of Gladesville, NSW. 2nd Lt Smythe enlisted on 30 April 1915. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 3 November 1918 and returned to Australia on 22 August 1919. 2nd Lt Smythe was awarded the Military Cross (MC) on 1 February 1919 at Mt St Quentin near Peronne during the operations on 1 September 1918 when he displayed marked courage. His three brothers also served with the AIF. They were: Major Edward Vivian Smythe MC and Bar, 17th Battalion, of Hamilton, NSW, who returned to Australia on 7 July 1919; 1175 Corporal Herbert Andrew Smythe, F Company, 3rd Battalion, of Gladesville, NSW, who was killed in action on 3 May 1917, at the Second Battle of Bullecourt; and Captain Vernon Erle Smythe MC, 3rd Battalion, of Gladesville, NSW, who returned to Australia on 8 January 1919.
Studio portrait of 1175 Corporal Herbert Andrew Smythe, F Company, 3rd Battalion, of Gladesville, NSW. A telegraphist prior to enlistment, Corporal (Cpl) Smythe embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Euripi
Studio portrait of 1175 Acting Sergeant Herbert Andrew Smythe, F Company, 3rd Battalion, of Gladesville, NSW. Corporal (Cpl) Smythe enlisted on 21 August 1914 and embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Euri
Studio portrait of Captain (Capt) Vernon (Vern) Erle Smythe MC and Bar, 56th Battalion, of Jerilderie, NSW. Capt Smythe was one of four Smythe brothers who served in the First World War: 1175 Corporal
6th Battalion Officers taken at Ailly Le Haut Clocher, France. Back row: left to right: 2nd Lieutenant (Lt) James Ravie Robb, MC and Bar, enlisted 27 August 1914 and returned to Australia 23 July 191
Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) John Pascoe, 23rd Battalion, of Ballarat, Vic. 2nd Lt Pascoe embarked aboard HMAS Euripides on 10 May 1915. He was later promoted to captain and awarded t
Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) John Pascoe, 23rd Battalion, of Ballarat, Vic. 2nd Lt Pascoe embarked aboard HMAS Euripides on 10 May 1915. He was later promoted to captain and awarded t
