The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 496 Private (Pte) Victor (Vic) Gordon Ross Brown, 19th Battalion, of Narrabri, NSW. A carpenter before enlisting in March 1915, Pte Brown left Australia in June 1915 as an original member of the 19th Battalion for service on Gallipoli and later the Western Front. Promoted in July 1917, Corporal (Cpl) Brown was on a ration party at a supply dump near the village of Zonnebeke on 7 October 1917 when a German shell landed nearby, killing him instantly, age 20. He was buried in a shell hole, but his grave was not marked with a cross and his remains were never recovered.
Studio portrait of 5979 Private (Pte) Frederick Howard Akhurst of Peckering Hill via Quairading, WA. Enlisting in the AIF in March 1916, Pte Akhurst served on the Western Front as part of the 19th Rei
Studio portrait of 619 Private (Pte) Robert Venn Burton of Yankalilla, SA. After enlisting in February 1916, Pte Burton served on the Western Front as a member of the original 43rd Battalion which lef
Studio portrait of 6087 Private (Pte) Frederick Harold Sahr of Marybrough, Vic. A grocer before enlisting in April 1916, Pte Sahr formed part of the 19th Reinforcements of the 7th Battalion before bei
Studio portrait of 6998 Private (Pte) Clarence Freeman, 10th Battalion, of Wallaroo, SA. A farmer before enlisting in October 1916, Pte Freeman left Australia for England with the 23rd Reinforcements
Studio portrait of 3216 Private (Pte) Michael Patrick O'Loughlin, 45th Battalion, of Grenfell, NSW. A farmer before enlisting in September 1916, Pte O'Loughlin left Australia with the 8th Reinforcemen
Studio portrait of 3616 Sergeant (Sgt) Arthur Smith, 53rd Battalion, of Marrickville, NSW. A warehouseman who had served in the Citizens Military Forces (CMF) before enlisting in September 1915, Sgt S
