The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The grave of 4719 Signalman Percy Clifford Gray MM, 27th Battalion, of Payneham, SA, killed in action 24 April 1917, in H A C British Cemetery Ecoust, St Mein. Other graves in the cemetery are unidentified. 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 isolated grave of 5590 Private Jeremiah Hughes, 27th Battalion, enlisted Adelaide, SA, killed in action 9 August 1918, in Heath Cemetery one and a half miles north of Harbonnieres with the wood in
4210 Sergeant Henry Matthew Skinner MM, stands beside the grave of 2354 Sergeant Sandford Rhodes Delbridge, of 27th Battalion, of Rose Park, SA, killed in action 2 September 1918, in Peronne Communal
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 battlefield grave of 2404B Private (Pte) Thomas James Evans of Winninowie, SA, and 4227 Pte John Thorpe MM of Port Lincoln, SA, both of the 27th Battalion, killed in action 2 September 1918, in Pe
The grave of 703 Sergeant Herbert James Teesdale (alias of Herbert James McInerney), of the 27th Battalion, enlisted Mildura, Vic, date of death 21 March 1917, in Vaulx Communal Cemetery. The graves
In the churchyard the grave of 1713 Sergeant George Gladstone Grandison, of the 27th Battalion, enlisted Port Adelaide, SA, date of death 10 August 1918, in Framerville Communal Cemetery Extension. T
