The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Outdoor group portrait of wounded soldiers wearing hospital supplied uniforms, possibly at No 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott. The men had been in No 16 Ward, 1st Australian Auxilliary Hospital, Harefield. On the far right of the middle row with his head bandaged is 622 Private Herbert Vincent (Bert) Reynolds who had been shot in the left ear. The message written by Reynolds on the back of the photograph reads 'This group is a few of the chaps in the same ward as I was in at Harefield No 16 Ward. You will have no difficulty in picking out yours truly. The chap standing at the back with the pipe in his hand is down here in the next hut to me.He was gassed at Ypres. We had a VC in the same ward but he was out for a walk when this was taken. He is also down here in this camp. L/Cpl Peeler is his name.'
"This is a photo of F? Troop. They are a great mob of chaps. The tall chap is Sgt Edwards (Tiny) & is 6' 8 1/2" & is the tallest in the Regt, also we think in the army. That's yours truly [Ronald Louv
Letters relating to the First World War service of 622 Private Herbert Vincent Reynolds, 1st Field Ambulance. These letters were written by Herbert and his mother between 2 January to 30 December 1917
Black canvas kit bag. The tubular bag has 12 brass eyelets placed around its opening, and is reinforced with a second layer of canvas at the base. Stencilled in white paint on the side is 'No 622 H.V.
Heliopolis, Egypt. 25 December 1915. A drunken soldier, holding a bottle in one hand and another tucked into the pocket of his coat, stands in the back of a cart while appearing to conjure four balloo
Cut down field grey wool shoulder strap with the backing removed. A red cotton '478' is chain stitched on the strap representing the 478th Infantry Regiment. The back of the strap has exposed white in
Brown cardboard box for a Christmas gift issued by the Australian Red Cross Society. The box opens at the top and has a colour label on the lid portraying a spray of flowering wattle. The front panel
