The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 1920 Private (Pte) Hubert Walton, 44th Battalion, from East Pingelly, Western Australia. An 18 year old engine cleaner prior to enlisting on 1 May 1916, he embarked for overseas with the 2nd Reinforcements from Fremantle, Western Australia aboard HMAT Mitiades (A28) on 9 August 1916. Following further training in England, Pte Walton arrived in France in November 1916. He was promoted to Lance Corporal on 20 June and then to Corporal on 30 July 1917. He then spent three months in England with the 9th Training Battalion. After returning to France in November 1917, he joined the 3rd Pioneer Battalion, the unit in which his two brothers were serving. His two brothers were 3126 Pte Albert Walton [see image H01560] and 3127 Pte Sydney Walton [see image H01558]. Corporal Walton arrived back in Australia on 24 May 1919.
Studio portrait of 3126 Private (Pte) Albert Walton, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, from East Pingelly, Western Australia. A 33 year old farmer prior to enlisting on 25 October 1916, he embarked for overseas
Studio portrait of 3127 Private (Pte) Sydney Walton, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, from East Pingelly, Western Australia. A 25 year old farmer prior to enlisting on 25 October 1916, he embarked for overseas
Studio portrait of 436 Private (Pte) Oliver Arnold Harris, 33rd Battalion, of Uralla, NSW. A clerk before enlisting in January 1916, Pte Harris left Australia for England in May 1916 and arrived in Fr
Studio portrait of 2643 Private (Pte) George West, 44th Battalion, of Kalgoorlie, WA. A clerk before enlisting in July 1916, Pte West left Australia for England with the 5th Reinforcements in November
Studio portrait of 2421 Private (Pte) William Magnus Stewart, 44th Battalion,of Pingelly, WA. A farm labourer before enlisting in May 1916, Pte Stewart left Australia for service on the Western Front
Studio portrait of 1672 (later 1672A) Private (Pte) Thomas William Eglinton, 50th Battalion. A gardener from Forest Range, South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 2nd Reinforcement
