The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Left to right: 322A/4961 Corporal (Cpl) Raymond John Kelly, 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery; 368 Sergeant (Sgt) John Joseph Cantwell, 8th Battalion; 378 Private (Pte) Leonard William Littlechild, 8th Battalion sit together at a zoo. All three men embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Benalla (A24) on 19 October 1914. Cpl Kelly was a labourer from Creswick, Victoria before enlisting with the AIF. He was awarded the Military Medal on 9 July 1917 for bravery in the field. He was believed to have been killed in action on 26 September 1917 but was later found to be a prisoner of war (POW) in Limburg, Germany. Cpl Kelly was repatriated to England, arriving on 26 December 1918, and then returned to Australia. Pte Littlechild, a shopkeeper from Geelong, Victoria (formerly England) and Sgt Cantwell, a contractor also from Geelong, both fought at Gallipoli. Pte Littlechild was killed in action at Gallipoli on 15 May 1915, aged 21 years old. Sgt Cantwell went on to serve at the Western Front where he was awarded the Military Medal for his actions on 6 and 9 May 1917 during the Second Battle of Bullecourt. Sgt Cantwell was killed in action on 25 October 1917 at Belgium. He was 28 years old.
368 Sergeant (Sgt) John Joseph Cantwell, 8th Battalion, (left) in hospital blues with two unidentified men at Bulford Manor, England. Sgt Cantwell stayed at Bulford Manor as a convalescent during Augu
W Wilson, believed to be 366 Private (Pte) William Wilson (centre) and 368 Sergeant (Sgt) John Joseph Cantwell (right), both of the 8th Battalion, stand with another man on top of a pyramid. Sgt Cantw
Studio portrait of 2626 Sergeant (Sgt) George Christopher Dalziell, 16th Battalion, of Maddington, WA. A basketmaker prior to enlisting in June 1915, Dalziell embarked from Fremantle with the 8th Rei
Studio portrait of 2589 Private (Pte) Charles Samuel Curgenven, 32nd Battalion. A labourer from Parkside, South Australia, he embarked with the 5th Reinforcements from Adelaide on 25 March 1916 aboar
Studio portrait of 4488A Corporal (Cpl) Arthur Edward Henry Bailey of Rappville, NSW. Cpl Bailey enlisted in the AIF in August 1915, and served on the Western Front with the 45th Battalion. He was awa
Portrait of 3075 Private (Pte) Thomas William Kelly, 13th Battalion from Gilgandra, NSW. A 26 year old labourer prior to enlisting on 16 July 1915, he embarked for overseas service with the 10th Reinf