The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Salisbury Plain Area, England. 1918-02. Studio portrait of 3719 Private Ralph Sylvester Scobie, 54th Battalion (left) and 3688 Private Clement Vincent (Charlie) O'Brien, 54th Battalion, at the Codford training camp prior to departure for France. Private O'Brien was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 31 August 1918. (Original housed in AWM Archive Store)
Newcastle, NSW. 1917-10-28. 3719 Private Ralph Sylvester Scobie, 54th Battalion (left), his mother May Scobie and his brother 7583 Private Frank Maitland Scobie, 4th Battalion, outside the railway sta
1918-12-25. Soldiers eat a Christmas meal from their dixies aboard the hospital ship Bakara on their return to Australia at the end of the war. Amongst the group is probably 3719 Private Ralph Sylvest
Netheravon, Salisbury Plain, England. 1917-04. Aerial view of the western section of the airfield of the Royal Flying Corps Central Flying School. (Original housed in AWM Archive Store)
Upavon, Salisbury Plain, England. 1917-04. Aerial view of the southern section of the Upavon airfield of the Royal Flying Corps Central Flying School. (Original housed in AWM Archive Store)
Netheravon, Salisbury Plain, England. c. 1917-04. Port rear view of a Sopwith two seater aircraft (No. 7942) of B Squadron, Royal Flying Corps (RFC) Cadet Battalion, flown in training by Australian me
Private Ralph Silvester Scobie DCM as a private 54th Infantry Battalion AIF France 1917-1918, interviewed by Bryan Butler. Born Maitland NSW in 1900, third generation Australian; enlisted 4 September