The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Reginald Arthur Smith, 55th Battalion from Newcastle, NSW. A 24 year old clerk prior to enlisting on 29 April 1915, he was given the service number 2689 and embarked for overseas as a Private with the 8th Reinforcements of the 2nd Battalion from Sydney aboard HMAT Runic (A54) on 9 August 1915. He served at Gallipoli with the 2nd Battalion and then served on the Western Front with the 54th and then the 55th Battalion. After being commissioned a Second Lieutenant in August 1916, he was promoted to Lieutenant four months later. Lt Smith arrived back in Australia on 20 May 1919.
Studio portrait of 1911 Private Reginald William Cracknell, 17th (later 55th) Battalion of Auburn, NSW. A railway fireman prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Runic (A54) on 9 Augu
Studio portrait of 2022 Sergeant (later Lieutenant (Lt)) Harold Hubert "Paddy" Thompson, 18th Battalion. Private Thompson, previously a builder of Hurstville, NSW, embarked with the 3rd Reinforcement
Studio portrait of 2551 Private (later Lance Corporal) Charles James Anderson, 1st Battalion of Lidcombe, NSW. A clerk prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Runic (A54) on 9 August
Portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Clive Leicester Johnson, No 2 Squadron AFC. A bank accountant prior to enlisting on 13 January 1915, Lt Johnson initially enlisted as a Private, serving with the 1st Light
Studio portrait of 2nd Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Frank Watts Davis, 50th Battalion from Port Lincoln, South Australia. A 20 year old fisherman prior to enlisting as a Private (service number 1524) on 3 Dece
Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Robert Harold Crow, 13th Battalion from Waverley, NSW. A 23 year old clerk prior to enlisting, he had previously served with the 33rd Infantry Militia. Fo
