The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Smith left Australia for Egypt with the 8th Reinforcements of the 17th Battalion in December 1915. He was transferred to the 53rd Battalion as part of the 'doubling-up' of the AIF in April 1916, and arrived in France for service on the Western Front in June 1916. Sgt Smith was on a working party in the support lines at Anzac Ridge, near Zonnebeke on 20 October 1917, when he was killed instantly by a German 'whiz-bang' shell, age 22. He was buried nearby, but the cross which marked his grave was lost, and his remains were never recovered.
Studio group portrait of 3541 Private (Pte) George Stanley ('Kenty') Kentwell of Leichhardt, NSW (left), 3606 Pte Charles Gladstone Quinn of Petersham, NSW (centre) and 3616 Pte Arthur Smith of Marric
Group portrait of fifteen members of a troop of the 4th Light Horse Regiment, Citizens Military Force (CMF). Identified second from the left is Trooper Stuart Cecil Eastment of Wyrallah, NSW. A farmer
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
Studio portrait of 4300 Corporal (Cpl) Arthur Roy Halgren, 2nd Battalion, of Croydon, NSW. A clerk with service in the Citizens Military Forces (CMF) before enlisting in October 1915, Cpl Halgren left
Studio portrait of 3612 Corporal (Cpl) Cecil Alwyn Cheadle, 56th Battalion, of Inverell, NSW. Employed as an accountant before enlisting in July 1917, Cpl Cheadle left Australia with the 10th Reinforc
Pre-war studio portrait of 2143A Sergeant (Sgt) John Thomas (Blakie) Blake, 49th Battalion, of Brisbane, Queensland in the uniform of the Moreton Regiment, Citizens Military Forces (CMF). A British mi
