The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 2802A Sergeant (Sgt) Harold James Fraser, 38th Battalion, of North Carlton, Vic. A bakery assistant with service as a non commissioned officer in the 60th Infantry Regiment, Citizens' Military Forces (CMF), Sgt Fraser enlisted in October 1916 and left Australia for England with the 6th Reinforcements in December 1916. After arriving in France for service on the Western Front in September 1917, he was awarded the Military Medal (MM) for "[leading] his men through heavy shell and machine gun fire to the most advanced positions, and endeavoured to keep down the enemy's fire which was exceedingly heavy" during the Third Division's attack on Passchendaele Ridge on 12 October 1917. According to the Red Cross Wounded and Missing Bureau file of 912 Lance Sergeant Sydney Graham Issell, Sgt Fraser was killed by a stray German shell whilst the battalion was in the reserve lines near Corbie, France, on 1 August 1918. He was aged 23 at the time of his death.
Studio portrait of 3366 Private (Pte) Wallace Irwin Issell, 11th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion, of Whitelaw, Vic. Pte Issell enlisted on 13 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Nestor on
Studio portrait of 5839 Private (Pte) Harry Hewish, 10th Battalion, of Payneham, SA. An electrician before enlisting in April 1916, Pte Hewish left Australia for England with the 18th Reinforcements i
Studio portrait of 8269 Corporal Charles Edward Young, 2nd Field Bakery, from Port Adelaide, South Australia. A 22 year old baker prior to enlisting on 14 June 1915, he was promoted to Corporal on 1 S
Studio portrait of 4772 Private (Pte) Ernest Dawes, 56th Australian Infantry Battalion. A postal assistant of Woolongong, New South Wales, Pte Dawes enlisted at Goulbourn on 24 September 1915. He emba
Early grave marker of 2347 Private (Pte) Robert Burns Laurie, 36th Battalion, of Laurieton, NSW, at Trois-Arbres Military Cemetery at Steenwerck, France. A shop assistant before enlisting in May 1916,
Studio portrait of 3537 Corporal Harold William Davies MM, 58th Battalion of Yandoit Hills near Castlemaine, Victoria. A school teacher prior to enlisting, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Nest
