The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Australia for Egypt with the 13th Reinforcements in December 1915. He was transferred to the 54th Battalion as part of the 'doubling-up' of the AIF in February 1916, and reverted to the rank of Private (Pte) on arriving in France for service on the Western Front in September 1916. He was wounded during the 54th Battalion's participation in the Second Battle of Bullecourt in May 1917, and was promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal (LCpl) in June 1917. LCpl Halgren was wounded in the legs by a German anti-tank round during the joint Australian-American attack on the Hindenburg Line at Bellicourt on 29th September 1918. He was evacuated to the 53rd Casualty Clearing Station at Tincourt where he died of his wounds on 1 October 1918, aged 24.
Studio portrait of 5759 Corporal (Cpl) Robert Henry Skinner, 8th (later 59th) Battalion of Stanley, Victoria. A school teacher prior to enlisting, he embarked from Melbourne with the rank of Private,
Studio portrait of 2635 Corporal (Cpl) Frederick Charles Felgenhauer, 23rd Battalion, of Echuca, Vic. A farmer with two and half years in the Citizens' Military Forces (CMF) before enlisting in August
Studio portrait of 667 Corporal (Cpl) Ernest Cockrell, 32nd Battalion. A labourer from Adelaide, South Australia, he embarked on 18 November 1915 aboard HMAT Geelong, for Suez where he was appointed
Studio portrait of 6628 Lance Corporal (LCpl) George Eastbourne Molyneaux Jenkins, 21st Reinforcements, 4th Battalion, of Alexandria, NSW. A moulder prior to enlisting on 14 February 1916 he trained f
Studio portrait of 1973 Lance Corporal (LCpl) Leslie Henry Robinson of Minore via Dubbo, NSW. LCpl Robinson enlisted in the AIF in August 1915 and served on the Western Front with the 54th Battalion.
Studio portrait of 190 Private (Pte) Septimus Clive Fishwick, 24th Battalion. A turner of Ballarat, Vic, he embarked with A Company from Melbourne aboard HMAT Euripides on 10 May 1915. After completin
