The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 5020 Private (Pte) Geoffrey Bury Dewhirst, 32nd Battalion. A bank clerk from Penola, South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 14th Reinforcements from Melbourne on 22 December 1917 aboard HMAT Ulysses for Egypt. The reinforcements then travelled by sea to Taranto, Italy, then via rail to Cherbourg, France, before crossing The Channel to Southampton, England. After training with the 14th Training Battalion he joined the 32nd Battalion on the Western Front near Corbie, France, in late May 1918. Pte Dewhirst was wounded in action near Corbie on 24 June 1918 and died of these wounds the same day. He is buried in the Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme, France. He was aged 21 years. His older brother, 723 Air Mechanic Grade 2 Edward Bertram Dewhirst, 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, died of wounds received in action on 23 March 1918 aged 28years. His eldest brother, 4145 Pte James Hay Dewhirst, 12th Battalion, enlisted in August 1915 and returned to Australia for discharge, medically unfit due to illness, on 3 November 1917.
Studio portrait of 5070 Private (Pte) Edgar James Natt (left) and 5061 Pte Charles Edwin Mold, 32nd Battalion. Pte Natt, a porter from Payneham, and Pte Mold, a machine moulder from Gawler, South Aus
Studio portrait of 5126 Sergeant (Sgt) Leslie Hurtle Sando, 32nd Battalion. A lithographer from Brighton, South Australia, prior to enlistment he held the rank of Acting Staff Sergeant Major on the A
Studio portrait of 4008 Private (Pte) Leslie Anderson, left, and 4020 Pte William Stanley Bull both of 32nd Battalion. Pte Anderson from Dowerin and Pte Bull from Kulin, Western Australia, were both
Studio portrait of 4506 Private (Pte) William Robert Hancock, 14th Battalion from Northcote, Melbourne, Victoria. A 25 year old hairdresser prior to enlisting on 8 September 1915, he embarked for over
Studio portrait of 7310 Private William Frampton Penney 2nd Battalion (later 9th Light Trench Mortar Battery) of Liverpool, NSW. A barman prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard RMS Osterl
Portrait of 3266 Private (Pte) Ernest Charles Judd, 32nd Battalion. A labourer from Wallaroo, South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 7th Reinforcements from Adelaide aboard HMAT M
