The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Outdoor group portrait of five Australian officers posing in front of the pyramids in Egypt. Identified from left to right: Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Charles (Charlie) Hamilton, 23rd Battalion from Upper Hawthorn, Victoria; 2nd Lt Norman Gilbert Pelton, 24th Battalion from Yarraville, Victoria (killed in action on 12 May 1917 at Mametz, France); 2nd Lt Harold Maughan Pullin, 24th Battalion from East Malvern, Victoria; 2nd Lt Robert Irvine Hillard, 22nd Battalion from Beef Lead, Victoria (later Major Hillard MC, 7th Battalion); and 2nd Lt Cecil Beaumont Mills, 23rd Battalion from Auburn, NSW (killed in action on 4 August 1916 at Pozieres, France). On page 5 of a letter dated 18-12-1915 written by Cecil Beaumont Mills (held in collection PR00932) Oscar Asche is named as their guide. He can be seen seated on a donkey in front of the group.
Studio portrait of Captain (Capt) Norman Gilbert Pelton, 58th Battalion. A teacher from Yarraville, Vic prior to enlistment, Capt Pelton embarked with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant with the 5th Reinforce
File of letters relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Cecil Beaumont Mills, 23 Infantry Battalion. These letters were written by Mills to his wife between 3 May and 2 August 1916. In t
Group portrait of officers and nursing sisters, probably on the top deck of HMAT Ulysses (A38), at a Melbourne wharf. Left to right are: Lieutenant (Lt) Hamilton (probably Lt Charles Hamilton, 23rd Ba
Group portrait of officers of the 6th Training Battalion. Identified from left to right, back row, are: Lieutenant (Lt) Leslie Stewart Marchant, 24th Battalion from Sunshine, Victoria; Lt Frank Gerald
Informal portrait of Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Harold Maughan Pullin, 24th Battalion taken in front of the Pyramids after a parade at Zeitoun Camp near Cairo. A private tutor from East Malvern, Vic P
File of telegrams and cablegrams relating to the First World War service Lieutenant Cecil Beaumont Mills, 23rd Infantry Battalion. These telegrams and cablegram where mostly sent by Mills to his wife
