The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 3310 Private (Pte) Ivor Bevan Rhys, 5th Pioneer Battalion, of Fremantle, WA. Captain of Perth Modern School in 1915, Rhys won a scholarship to study mathematics and physics at the Western Australian University before enlisting in August 1916. He was promoted to Corporal (Cpl) in November 1916, and left Australia for France with the 8th Reinforcements the following month. Cpl Rhys was killed at the 5th Division camp at Blangy-Tronville when it was heavily shelled by German artillery on 17 April 1918, age 21.
Portrait of 4817 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Louis Henry Lyall, 50th Battalion. A winchman from Semaphore, South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked as a Private (Pte) with the 15th Reinforcements
Near Blangy-Tronville, France. 29 April 1918. French Colonial soldiers with a French water wagon at the Chateau near Blangy-Tronville. The 13th Australian Infantry Brigade Headquarters moved to this C
Reference image only to provide position detail for those named. This image is not for sale. Blangy Tronville, France. 5 May 1918. Details of the 5th Division playing cricket in the grounds of the Cha
A view from the north west of the village of Fletre, in Northern France. It was previously a well known rest area, but during the month of May it was unoccupied by troops, owing to its being heavily s
Studio portrait of 2613 Private (Pte) Frank Cross 17th Battalion, of Surry Hills, NSW. A horseman prior to enlisting in August 1915, Pte Cross embarked from Sydney on board HMAT Euripides (A14) on 2
Ray Sanders interviewed by Georgina Binns at the War Veterans Home in Myrtle bank, South Australia. Ray, a university student, enlisted in June 1916 and left for France within six weeks with the 14th