The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Portrait of 4464 Private (Pte) Clarence Avondale Long, 21st Battalion recuperating from injuries. Pte Long enlisted on 1 February 1915 at Broadmeadows, Vic and returned to Australia on 10 October 1917. The advertising signs in the background read as follows; on the left side 'Dave Brothers Ltd, Builders of Islington'. On the right hand side, 'Duke & Dickenden, Water Supply Engineers, 25 Southwark St, Little Hampton' and Otis Elevators, 4 Queen Victoria Street. From the collection of Mr Alfred Thomas Sharp. Mr Sharp was the Commonwealth Immigration Officer of Victoria and was based in the London Office during the First World War. He and his wife hosted and visited many soldiers, particularly those from Victoria, who were recuperating in London. He also photographed many Australian graves in English cemeteries. His photograph collection relating to this period in London was bequeathed to the Memorial in 1922 after his death. During his time in London he was a member of the British Volunteer Regiment, serving with the Willesden Battalion, Middlesex Volunteer Regiment.
Portrait of 13335 Driver Henry Vivian Williamson, a motor mechanic, 2nd Auxiliary Mechanical Transport Company, with a vintage motor car in the background. The sign on the right reads 'OTIS Elevators
Portrait of Private (Pte) J C Martin, AIF taken in London near a sign to the left of the picture reads 'Dove Brothers Ltd, Builders, Islington'. Unable to further identify Pte Martin. From the collect
Mr A T Sharp and soldier friend pause on the way to the Great Vine, Hampton Court, London. From the collection of Mr Alfred Thomas Sharp. Mr Sharp was the Commonwealth Immigration Officer of Victoria
Three bed patients, enjoying the sunshine, at the Southwark Military Hospital, Dulwich, England. The man in the bed on the right is Private (Pte) Cecil Pescott, 7th Battalion, from Geelong, Vic, and
Portrait of 11069 Gunner Eric Livingstone Gribble, 1st Trench Mortar Battery; Privates (Pte) 1194 John Powell Neal, 55th Battalion, and 1266 John Thomas Coates, 23rd Battalion, in Islington, London. F
Two friends, unidentified soldiers, rest beside a pleasant pathway at Hampton Court. From the collection of Mr Alfred Thomas Sharp. Mr Sharp was the Commonwealth Immigration Officer of Victoria and wa
