The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Alec Campbell was only 16 when he enlisted in Launceston straight from school in June 1915. He arrived at Gallipoli in October 1915 with the 15th Battalion and was there through to the evacuation. After the evacuation he became very ill and was discharged in August 1916. On his return to Australia he became a car and wagon builder under the War Reconstruction Training Scheme and worked for the railways workshops for 10 years. Depicts a portrait of 2731 Private Alec William Campbell, 15th Battalion, on pilgrimage for the 75th anniversary of the Landing at Gallipoli. This was painted with Alex wearing glasses in strong light. In his portrait of Alec, Westwood has shown the Gallipoli terrain reflected in the glasses. In this way, the painting suggest the power of the Peninsula on the veterans memory and the force of the Anzac experience on his vision of the world. Alec Campbell died at the age of 103 and was given a state funeral.
Alec Campbell was only 16 when he enlisted in Launceston straight from school in June 1915. He arrived at Gallipoli in October 1915 with the 15th Battalion and was there through to the evacuation. Aft
Alec Campbell was only 16 when he enlisted in Launceston straight from school in July 1915. He arrived at Gallipoli in October 1915 with the 15th Battalion and was there through to the evacuation. Aft
Leslie Hales put his age up and enlisted under the name of Hayes to join the AIF in Melbourne, 1914. He left Australia with the first convoy and landed in Gallipoli with the 16th Battalion in Anzac Da
Ambrose Sheppard, then, 17 put his age up by three years to enlist. He joined the 15th Battalion and after the evacuation of Gallipoli was sent to Egypt and then to France in 1916. His unit went strai
Gallipoli Star. Unnamed as issued. This medal was presented to Alec Campbell by Mr Ross Smith at Lady Davidson Hospital on 22 April 1990, just before the departure of the 75th Anniversary Anzac Day
Bryan Westwood travelled to Gallipoli in 1990 on a pilgrimage with a group of First World War veterans in conjunction with the 75th anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli. Westwood saw this iris at
