The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Graves in the Christian cemetery at Belemedick, Turkey. The cross in the foreground reads "Pte H Bradley" and is probably 10337 Private (Pte) H Bradley, Worcestershire Regiment who died on 31 October 1916. The next cross (in the centre of the image) reads "RIP E. S. Taylor C.P.O. British Royal Navy Died 16 October 1916 Age 38." The cross to the left of Chief Taylor's reads "RIP Pte W. Allen Age 33." This is 552 Pte William Allen, 9th Battalion from Maryborough, Queensland. A 30 year old painter prior to enlisting on 26 August 1914, he embarked for overseas with E Company from Brisbane on 24 September 1914 aboard HMAT Omrah. While serving at Gallipoli, he was reported missing in action on 28 June 1915 at Gaba Tepe and later confirmed to be a prisoner of the Turkish army. He died on 20 December 1916 while working on the Baghdad to Berlin Railway. These three bodies were later reinterred in the Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq.
BELEMEDICK, TURKEY. C.1916. GRAVE, IN THE CHRISTIAN CEMETERY, OF 2181 PRIVATE LEONARD GEORGE NEW, 15TH BATTALION, A PRISONER OF WAR WHO WAS CAPTURED BY THE TURKS ON 1915-08-08 AT GALLIPOLI. HE DIED ON
BELEMEDICK, TURKEY. C.1916. GRAVE, IN THE CHRISTIAN CEMETERY, OF 8275 CHIEF PETTY OFFICER CHARLES VARCOE, CREW MEMBER OF SUBMARINE HMAS AE2, AND THEN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE TURKS ON 1915-04-3
Studio portrait of 924 Private (Pte) William Deas Lumsden, H Company, 11th Battalion, of Albany, WA (originally Linlithgow, Scotland). A lumper prior to enlistment he embarked aboard HMAT Ascanius (A1
Copy of a print of the original cross marking the grave of 902 Private (Pte) Edwin Allen Oxley at Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Belgium. Pte Oxley, a labourer from Kettering, Tasmania, embarked from Hobar
Studio portrait of 232 Driver (Dvr) Charles Allen, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, of Alexandria, NSW. A plumber prior to enlisting in August 1914, Dvr Allen embarked from Sydney, with the 2nd Battery,
Studio portrait of 5917 Private (Pte) Edgar Allen Thornell, 22nd Battalion of Somerville, Victoria. A school teacher prior to enlisting, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Nestor (A71) on 2 Octob
