The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 2715A Private (Pte) Jasper Jens Iverson, 9th Battalion, of Urbenville, Kyogle, NSW. A grazier prior to enlisting in August 1915, Pte Iverson embarked from Brisbane with the 6th Reinforcements on board HMAT Seang Bee (A48) on 21 October 1915. He was hospitalised with mumps upon arrival in the Middle East and rejoined his unit on 28 February 1916. They arrived in France for service on the Western Front on 3 April 1916. Pte Iverson sustained a gun shot wound to the head in action at Pozieres, France, on 22 July 1916. He was sent to England for treatment, and discharged from hospital on 20 October 1916. He was returned to France in December and rejoined his battalion in January 1917. A week later he was transferred to the 1st Division Salvage Company. He rejoined the 9th Battalion on 11 June 1917. On 4 October 1917 Pte Iverson and another soldier were carrying barbed wire and other materials to a captured German pill box located between Zonnebeke and Polygon Wood, Belgium; the Australian troops referred to the captured pill box as "Anzac House". A shell burst near the men and Pte Iverson sustained shrapnel wounds to his chest. He died two hours later at a nearby dressing station. Pte Iverson was 29 years of age.
Studio portrait of 3378 Private (Pte) Bernard Jasper, 11th Reinforcements, 7th Battalion, of Geelong, Vic. Pte Jasper enlisted on 21 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Nestor on 11 Octo
Studio portrait of Lieutenant Robert McNeil Crawford McKenzie, 9th Battalion. A ships purser prior to enlistment, he enlisted on 18 August 1914 and embarked with the 9th Battalion as a Private. He w
Indoor group portrait of back row, left to right; 5100 Private (Pte) John Tudor Griffiths, 2716 Pte Percy Hamilton Jurd and 2814 Pte Herbert James Purdie. Front row, left to right; Miss Doris Miller,
Pre-war studio portrait of 1369 Private (Pte) Henry Bernard Kennedy. Pte Kennedy was 35 years old and a waterside worker at the time he enlisted on 2 January 1915. Although he was originally from Vict
Studio portrait of 2404 Private (Pte) Thomas James Evans, 50 Battalion, of Port Pirie, SA. Pte Evans leased a farm in South Australia between Warnertown and Crystal Brook with his brother George. When
Studio portrait of 165 Private (Pte) John Aubrey Hanchett of Pomborneit, Vic. Pte Hanchett enlisted on 14 January 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Ulysses on 8 May 1915. He served as a sergeant with the
