The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Framed, hand coloured photograph of 2367 Private (Pte) [later Lance Corporal] Hamilton Hollingsworth McLachlan, of Inverell, NSW. He enlisted 13th June 1916 and was posted to the 11th Reinforcements of the 34th Battalion. He embarked aboard HMAT Borda which left Sydney on 17 October 1916 and he returned to Australia on 11 May 1919. L Cpl McLachlan was awarded the Military Medal in 1919 (for gallantry in action during the battle of Amiens between 8 and 13 August 1918, when on several occasions he moved through the dense fog to locate enemy positions so they could be shelled by the artillery) and a French Medaille d'Honneur avec Glaives (en bronze) (Medal of Honour with bronze wreath), the latter medal was awarded to only six Australian soldiers in the First World War. The glass covering the photograph has been reverse painted with an oval framing of the image. It includes patriotic symbols and images including the blue Australian flag, Union Jack, a gold wreath, waratah flowers (native to and state emblem of New South Wales) and forget-me-not flowers. The image is encircled by two banners with the words 'With loving thoughts' and 'Fighting somewhere in France'. The bottom left hand corner shows a departing troopship; the slot for the battalion colours is empty but McLachlan has what is meant to be his battalion colours painted onto his epaulette [his battalion colours should be blue over green, not brown over green].
French Medaille d'Honneur avec glaives (bronze). Unnamed as issued. Born at Bingara, New South Wales, 22 year old 2367 Lance Corporal Hamilton Hollingworth McLachlan, was working as a drover when he
Victory Medal with Mention in Despatches oak leaf. Impressed around edge with recipient's details. Born at Bingara, New South Wales, 22 year old 2367 Lance Corporal Hamilton Hollingworth McLachlan,
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details. Born at Bingara, New South Wales, 22 year old 2367 Lance Corporal Hamilton Hollingworth McLachlan, was working as a drover
Imperial Service Medal (EIIR). Impressed around edge with recipient's details. Born at Bingara, New South Wales, 22 year old 2367 Lance Corporal Hamilton Hollingworth McLachlan, was working as a dro
Silk embroidered postcard made in France during the First World War. This postcard features an intricate design of blue French knots and pink flowers around an elaborate green and gold border framing
Portrait of QX5634 Corporal (Cpl) Horton Ford McLachlan, 2/15 Battalion. Cpl McLachlan was 24 years old when he embarked with the 2/15th Battalion, arriving in the Middle East on 3 February 1941. He w
