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Studio portrait of 2257 Corporal (Cpl) Harry Burgan Slee MM, 50th Battalion. A student school teacher from Wallaroo Mines, SA prior to enlistment, Cpl Slee embarked with the rank of Private with the 4th Reinforcements from Adelaide on HMAT Ballarat on 12 August 1916. Later promoted to Lance Corporal, he was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field. Subsequently promoted to Corporal, he was posted as wounded and missing in action. It was later determined that he had been killed in action on 25 April 1918, aged 20, and having no known grave is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. See also P09291.077.
Studio portrait of 2257 Corporal (Cpl) Harry Burgan Slee, 50th Battalion from Wallaroo Mines, South Australia. A 19 year old school teacher prior to enlisting on 3 May 1916, he embarked for overseas a
The Last Post Ceremony is presented in the Commemorative area of the Australian War Memorial each day. The ceremony commemorates more than 102,000 Australians who have given their lives in war and oth
Studio portrait of 1692 Private (Pte) Harry Fred Heinrich, 50th Battalion, shown wearing an armband with the letters S B indicating that he was a stretcher bearer. A farmer from Canowie Belt, SA prior
Studio portrait of 393 Private (Pte) Bryan Higgins, 25th Battalion, of Cooran, Qld. Pte Higgins was posted as missing in action in July 1917, and, following a court of inquiry on 25 July 1917, it was
Studio portrait of 2239 Corporal William Quinlan O'Connor DCM, 50th Battalion from Naryilco, Queensland. A 25 year old stockman prior to enlisting on 18 May 1916, he embarked for overseas with the 4th
Studio portrait of 2086 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Frederick Douglas Smith, 5th Battalion. A carpenter from Stawell, Victoria, Smith enlisted on 13 January 1915 and embarked as a Private with the 5th Batt
