The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Portrait of 2973 Private (Pte) James Russell, 50th Battalion from North Adelaide, South Australia. A 26 year old labourer prior to enlisting on 22 February 1916, he embarked for overseas with the 7th Reinforcements from Adelaide on 6 November 1916 aboard HMAT Afric. Following further training in England, he arrived in France and joined the 50th Battalion in April 1917. After being wounded in action at Villers-Bretonneux, France on 26 April 1918, he received medical treatment and re-joined the battalion four months later. Pte Russell was killed in a train crash on 5 December 1918 and buried in the Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
Studio portrait in memorial card of 3459 Private (Pte) Carl George Louis Perrott, 50th Battalion from Woodville, South Australia. A 20 year old tram conductor prior to enlisting on 20 January 1917, he
Studio portrait of 2931 Private (Pte) Harold Hollis, 50th Battalion from Exeter, South Australia. A 26 year old butcher prior to enlisting on 18 September 1916, he embarked for overseas with 7th Reinf
Studio portrait of 2055 Private (Pte) William John Thomas Jenner, 50th Battalion from Alberton, South Australia. A 24 year old labourer prior to enlisting on 2 October 1915, he embarked for overseas w
Portrait of 1694 Private (Pte) John Gilbert Jacob, 50th Battalion from Kensington Gardens, South Australia. A 20 year old student prior to enlisting on 9 March 1916, he embarked for overseas with the
Studio portrait of 2915 Private (Pte) William Edward Gill, 50th Battalion. A drover from Tibooburra, New South Wales, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 7th Reinforcements from Adelaide on 19
Portrait of 1728 Private (Pte) Francis Roy Purdey, 50th Battalion from Terowie, South Australia. A 21 year old engine cleaner prior to enlisting on 16 February 1916, he embarked for overseas with the
