The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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' and the sign to the left of the picture reads 'Dove Brothers Ltd, Builders, Islington'. 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 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
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 19
Mr Alfred Thomas Sharp reads a sign in Dingbat Alley, Peronne, France. From the collection of Mr Alfred Thomas Sharp. Mr Sharp was the Commonwealth Immigration Officer of Victoria and was based in the
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
A German Pillbox on the Messines Road. The signboard reads: 'Ploegsteert Wytschaete'. From the collection of Mr Alfred Thomas Sharp. Mr Sharp was the Commonwealth Immigration Officer of Victoria and
Mr Raymond and Mr A T Sharp at Passchendaele Ridge, Belgium. From the collection of Mr Alfred Thomas Sharp. Mr Sharp was the Commonwealth Immigration Officer of Victoria and was based in the London Of
