The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Informal group portrait of patients of No 6 Australian General Hospital (6AGH) surrounding VAD Chatelle; VX58398 Harold George Bending 2/32 Battalion of Rainbow, Vic; G Warren; Max Hall of SA (probably SX5671 Private Maxwell Gordon Hall of Largs, SA); L Perry from Victoria; SX6339 Ernest William Shepherdson MM, 2/43 Battalion of Murray Bridge, SA; and Tommy Friend. Bending later died of wounds in New Guinea on 29 November 1943. Hall later died of illness in South Australia on 22 February 1944.
Group portrait of patients of Ward 22 at No 6 Australian General Hospital (6AGH): identified left to right: Standing: SX6339 Sergeant Ernest William Shepherdson MM, 2/43 Battalion of Murray Bridge, SA
Informal portrait of SX6339 Sergeant (Sgt) Ernest William Shepherdson MM, 2/43 Battalion of Murray Bridge, SA. He was awarded the Military Medal for actions at El Alamein. Sgt Shepherdson and his plat
Harry Johns standing next to the grave of his friend, SX7616 Private (Pte) Robert Maxwell (Bob) Aitken, C Company, 2/48th Battalion, at Tobruk. Pte Aitken, of Glassop, SA, enlisted in Adelaide, SA, on
Studio portrait of NX45750 Private (Pte) Claude Carter, 2/20 Battalion. Pte Carter enlisted on 27 June 1940 and was later promoted to Lance Corporal. With many other members of 2/20 Battalion he was m
Grave cross for NX55172 Private (Pte) Clarence ‘Tankie’ James Phillips, 2/30 Australian Infantry Battalion. Pte Phillips died of illness as a prisoner of war (POW) in Burma. He was 32 years old.
Studio portrait of VX50460 Private (Pte) Thomas Hutchins 2/21 Battalion, of Rainbow, Vic. Pte Hutchins enlisted on 5 March 1941 and was one of 6 brothers who served during the Second World War. On 4 S
