The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Group portrait of No 3 Platoon, 8th Battalion taken on a French farm shortly before the Battle of Amiens which commenced on 8th August 1918. It was during in this battle that the 8th Battalion suffered significant losses. Identified from left to right in the photograph inserts: 5445 Private (Pte) Oswald Andrew Rixon; and 2742 Pte Robert Matthew Beatham, VC (killed in action on 11 August 1918).
In the group image from left to right, back row: 4832 Pte Harold Albert Manson; 3952 Pte John Alfred Varty; 7061 Pte Henry Todd, MM; 4746 Pte Alfred Bryant, MM; 6977 Pte David Maynard Crichton; 2699 Pte Charles Victor Tait (killed in action on 17 April 1918); 7101 Pte Richard Hobart Hanan; 6573 Pte Reginald John Naylor (killed in action on 9 August 1918); 5442 Corporal (Cpl) James Edward Proctor; 7172 Pte Charles Winchcombe; and 7229 Pte Albert George France (died of wounds on 15 August 1918).
Second row: 2567 Pte Vincent Lindsay Bourke (later MM); 3474 Pte John James Sutherland (died of wounds on 11 August 1918); Jack Richards; 3831 Pte Leslie Gordon Kittle, MM; 3281 Sergeant Herbert Henry Tanner (died of wounds on 9 August 1918); 1700 Lieutenant Albert Clement Hall, MM (later MC); 3948 Cpl Albert Charles Toole (killed in action on 9 August 1918); 4269 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) James Roy Murray, MM (later Bar to MM); Curlie; and 5402 Pte Robert Kidd.
Third row: 7090 Pte Arnold Godfrey Cottee; 7081 Pte Thomas Samuel Lodge; 6254 Pte Michael Francis Donnelly; 3674 L Cpl William George Nottingham (later MM, DCM, Belgian Croix de Guerre); 3608 Pte John Lawrence Sullivan (later MM); 841 Driver Abraham John Barton; McNalty; and 7362 Pte Edward McCarthy.
Front row, reclining: both soldiers are unknown.
Group portrait of members of D Company, 18th Battalion, taken at the Liverpool, NSW Army camp shortly before the troops embarked to take part in World War 1. Soon after this photo was taken, many of
Group portrait of the 4th Light Trench Mortar Battery. Identified from left to right, back row: 6319 Corporal (Cpl) George Tristian Pound (later awarded MM); 1777 Private (Pte) John Joseph Hennessey;
Group portrait of officers and men of E Company, 15th Battalion. Identified back row, left to right: Unidentified; 730 Private (Pte) James Edward Courtney; S. Smith; 755 Lance Corporal (L/Cpl) Kenneth
Group portrait of officers and men of E Company, 15th Battalion. Identified back row, left to right: Unidentified; 730 Private (Pte) James Edward Courtney; S. Smith; 755 Lance Corporal (L/Cpl) Kenneth
Outdoor group portrait of the 7th Reinforcements of the 18th Battalion at Casula, NSW in December 1915. Identified standing at the back (holding flags) from left to right are: 3107 Signalman (Sig) Edw
Group portrait of officers of the 7th Battalion. Identified from left to right, back row: Lieutenant (Lt) Arthur William Mallet; Lt Francis John Smedley MC, who later died of wounds on 20 August 1918;
