The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NSW, c. 1917. Members of the 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment (6ALH) cleaning their kit during a training exercise. Fourth from the left (without shirt) is 3662 Private Harold Arthur Cowan, an Aboriginal serviceman from Grafton, NSW. Cowan (also known as Arthur Williams) enlisted at Grafton on 1917-11-16. In his youth Cowan was an all-round sportsman, a representative for the North Coast in football, and a well-known boxer. Note the blankets and clothing draped over the picket fence of the building at rear.
Studio portrait of Aboriginal serviceman 3662 Private Harold Arthur Cowan at the age of twenty-one. Known also as Arthur Williams, Cowan enlisted in Grafton, NSW, on 16 November 1917 and served with t
Port Said, Egypt. c. 1918-02. 3662 Private Harold Arthur Cowan, an Aboriginal soldier in 6th Light Horse Regiment (LHR), resting against the rail of a transport ship after winning a light weight boxin
Studio portrait of 3662 Private Harold Arthur Cowan, an Aboriginal soldier in 6th Light Horse Regiment (LHR), his 1st cousin Elizabeth (Bessie) Clarke (nee Williams) and Hazel Jean Williams (later Che
Informal group portrait of members of the 15th Reinforcements, 21st Battalion, on a wharf at Port Melbourne before embarking on the troopship HMAT Shropshire A9. Identified by their kitbags are, 5677
Group portrait of the 8th Reinforcements, 55th Battalion. Identified in the group are: 3114 Private (Pte) Bertie Edward Blewitt, third row from back, fifth from left who returned to Australia on 23 Ju
Group portrait of the 37th Battery of the Australian Field Artillery outside the Chateau, Cocquerel, France on 14 June 1918. Identified front row from left to right: 4154 Driver (Dvr) Vernon Francis
