The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The battlefield grave of 2219 Private (Pte) Horace Fordham Pottinger and 4195 Pte Ernest Elmer Reynolds, both of the 27th Battalion. Pte Pottinger, formerly of London, England, was a labourer from Brighton, SA, prior to enlistment and embarked with the 4th Reinforcements from Adelaide on HMAT Star of England on 21 September 1915. After being wounded in action, he rejoined the Battalion and, on 2 March 1917, was killed in action, aged 32. Pte Reynolds, a miner from Kadina, SA prior to enlistment, embarked with the 10th Reinforcements from Adelaide on RMS Mongolia on 9 March 1916. He was killed in action aged 25, also on 2 March 1917. Following the Armistice their graves could not be relocated and both men are commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. This image is one of a set of photographs of the original graves of some members of the 27th Battalion. The Battalion funded the purchase of the camera through its adjutant Captain (Capt) Southon for 5541 Pte G R Barrington to photograph the graves. The camera and negatives were then acquired by Major John L Treloar on behalf of the Australian War Museum, reimbursing costs for the camera to Capt Southon.
One of a set of 66 images requested by Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Royden Chalmers. The 27th Battalion history 'The Blue and Brown Diamond' relates that 4210 Henry Matthew Skinner MM and battalion photographer Barrington left Mont-sur-Marchienne on 2 February 1919 to photograph scattered graves of soldiers of the unit. Skinner features in a number of the images photographed by Barrington. Copies were supplied to next of kin and near relations.
The graves of 3199 Private (Pte) Leslie Victor Henry Lehmann of Adelaide, SA, killed in action 2 March 1917, and 5308 Pte William Clarence Bennie of Hawker, SA, killed in action 3 March 1917, and 3159
The grave of Lieutenant (Lt) David Wallace Caldwell, enlisted Semaphore, SA, and Lt Robert Hillman Botten of Adelaide, SA, and Lt Arthur Lucas of Adelaide, SA, all of the 27th Battalion, killed in act
The grave of 6134A Private Michael Joseph Monaghan, 27th Battalion, of West Adelaide, SA, killed in action 22 March 1917, in the Vaulx Hill Cemetery. This image is one of a set of photographs of the o
A soldier, 4210 Sergeant Henry Matthew Skinner MM, stands over the grave, marked with two crosses and downturned rifle and steel helmet, of 4211 Private Walter Leonard Slape, 27th Battalion, of Adelai
The grave of 2346 Private (Pte) Francis Isaac Dickson, 27th Battalion, of Jamestown, SA. A labourer prior to enlistment, Pte Dickson embarked from Adelaide with the 5th Reinforcements on HMAT Themisto
The grave of 2027 Private Ernest George Davison, 27th Battalion, of Sydney, NSW, enlisted Adelaide, SA, killed in action 21 March 1917, in Vaulx Hill British Cemetery. At left is the fenced grave of L
