The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Patrick Francis Ryan, 2nd Battalion, of Smythesdale, Vic. A station hand prior to enlisting on 18 September 1914, he first served as a corporal (regimental number 212) with B Squadron, 6th Light Horse Regiment and embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Suevic on 21 December 1914. On 5 March 1915 he was promoted to sergeant and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) on 14 January 1916 ‘for conspicuous gallantry during September 1915 in the trenches at Lone Pine (Dardanelles). When he was on one occasion for forty-eight hours continuously in charge of his Regiment bomb-throwers under heavy fire’. He was wounded in action on 26 June 1917 at Bullecourt. On 18 October 1917 he was commissioned as a Captain (Capt) with the 2nd Battalion. Capt Ryan returned to Australia on 18 October 1917. He re-enlisted on 19 February 1918 as a Private (Pte) and was assigned regimental number 53544 serving with the 3rd (NSW) Reinforcements. He embarked from Sydney aboard RMS Osterley on 8 May 1918. Pte Ryan was killed in action on 18 September 1918 in France whilst serving with the 2nd Battalion, aged 35 years.
Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) James Roadknight, 37th Battalion from Bairnsdale, Victoria. A 28 year old state school teacher prior to enlisting on 18 August 1914, he embarked for over
Studio portrait of two Australian soldiers recorded in the photographer's notebook as H J Wicks and Cook. 1792 Private (Pte) Harold John Wicks, 29th Battalion from Ararat, Victoria was an 18 year old
Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Reginald William Brinsmead MC, of Leopold, Vic. 2nd Lt Brinsmead enlisted on 18 August 1914 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Wiltshire on 19 Octo
Informal group portrait of three officers of the 24th Battalion. Identified left to right: 1057 Captain (Capt) John Harry Fletcher, of Eaglehawk, Vic; Lieutenant (Lt) Joseph Lindley Scales, of Mitta M
Studio portrait of 336 Lance Sergeant (LSgt) Thomas Edward Priest, C Company, 2nd Battalion, of Euchareena, NSW. LSgt Priest enlisted on 20 August 1914 and embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Suffolk on
Outdoor portrait of Captain (Capt) Harry Carew Nott, Regimental Medical Officer, 10th Battalion from Mitcham, South Australia during the battalion's four-day rest on Imbros Island. He has grown a bea
