The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Circular brass brooch with a decorative scroll edge attached to the outer rim. The centre of the brooch contains the photograph of Private Maddison in uniform. The pin fastening on the back has been broken off.
This brooch commemorates Private Robert Maddison who served with 18 Battalion and was killed in action on 19 May 1918. Maddison was a railway shunter from Newcastle, NSW and enlisted in the AIF on 10 July 1917 aged 30. He embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Ulysses in December 1917 and arrived in England for training in February the following year. He later embarked for France on 6 May 1918 and was killed in action 13 days later, on 19 May at Ville-sur-Ancre. Maddison is buried at Dive Copse British Cemetery near Sailly-le-Sec.
Studio portrait of 5292 Private Robert Archibald, 18th Battalion of Canley Vale, NSW. A labourer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Wiltshire (A18) on 22 August 1916. He was kil
Round brooch containing a photograph of Sergeant Henry Steuve. The celluloid coating over the photograph is cracked. The brooch has a copper rim set into a gilded copper back with a brooch pin attache
Men of No. 15 Platoon, D Company, 58th Battalion moving forward towards Sailly-le-Sec, along the bank of the Somme Canal, near Vaux-sur-Somme. The Platoon Commander, Lieutenant Ivo Garfield Thompson i
3 inch Stokes mortar barrel. The barrel is made from ordnance steel and has been split into six longitudinal distorted lengths where the mortar shell prematurely detonated. The barrel is painted black
Wooden frame with glass front. The cardboard in the centre contains a posy of pressed flowers bound with white (now yellowed) and red ribbons. Handwritten next to the posy are the words 'Flowers off G
Near Ville-sur-Ancre, France. 20 May 1918. Australians of the 21st Battalion standing in the entrance to the `Big Caterpillar', near Ville-sur-Ancre. The `Big' and `Little Caterpillars', so called fro
