The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Staff on board HMAT Berrima watching the disembarkment of the Australian Naval and Military Expedition Force at Kabakaul. From left to right: Colonel William Holmes (later Major General CMG DSO VD); Lieutenant Colonel William Walker Russell Watson (later Colonel CMG VD CB); Colonel John Paton (later CB VD CMG); Captain Sydney Percival Goodsell (later Major French Croix de Guerre). Major General Holmes, a Boer War veteran, was later killed in action in France on 2 July 1917, aged 55, and was buried in the Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France.
Portrait of Colonel William Holmes, Commander of the Navy and Military Expedition Force (AN&MEF) and the first Military Administrator of German New Guinea. Holmes subsequently became Major General CM
Portrait of Colonel William Holmes, Commander of the Navy and Military Expedition Force (AN&MEF) and the first Military Administrator of German New Guinea, mounted on his charger. Holmes subsequently
The Cross Roads Control Post (far left) at White Gate, where on 2 July 1917 Major General William Holmes CMG DSO VD was hit by an enemy shell while accompanying the Premier of New South Wales, Hon W A
Sketches of senior Officers of the Australian Volunteer Defence Corps, drawn by C. F. Beauvais. Left to right: Back row: Brigadier General J. Heane CB CMG DSO VD; Colonel G. F. Murphy CMG DSO; Brigadi
Informal outdoor group portrait of officers of the 9th Battery, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade. Identified from left to right: Sergeant Major Norman Victor Light (later Lieutenant (Lt)); Lt Price Jacob
Informal outdoor group portrait of officers of the 9th Battery, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade. Identified from left to right: Sergeant Major Norman Victor Light (later Lieutenant (Lt)); Lt Price Jacob
