The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Lemnos, Greece. c. 1915-12. Informal outdoors group portrait of members of the 1st Australian Divisional Signal Company opening Christmas billies and reading letters or messages from home soon after the evacuation from Gallipoli. Left to right: 123 Sapper (Spr) Oswald Adelburt (Ossie) Thiele, a despatch rider; Spr ? Ernest Ray (Roy) Yelland; 115 Spr Robert Wilfrid (Bill) Riches; Spr Ernest Wilfred Eccles Burton, accidentally killed 1918-04-04; Dick Ellis; 125 Spr Arthur George Wade, later MM; 118 Spr Arthur Raymond (Ray) McConchie, later MM; 36 Spr John Thomas (Jock) Nicholls. The Christmas billies, some of which the men are holding and some of which are lying on the ground in front of them, bear a kangaroo symbol on their side. Also lying on the ground in front of the men are boxes labelled 'Mutual Store Melbourne'.
Gallipoli, Turkey. 1915. Using a handcart or trolley with a roll of cable mounted on it, members of the 1st Australian Divisional Signal Company lay telephone lines at Anzac Cove. The soldiers are (le
Despatch riders, Sapper (Spr) Oswald (Ossie) Thiele (left) and Spr Ernest Wilfred Eccles Burton, who was later accidentally killed on 4 April 1918, of the 1st Australian Divisional Signal Company read
Studio portrait of 3070 Private (Pte) James Angus McConchie, 10th Reinforcements, 6th Battalion, of Richmond, Vic. Pte McConchie enlisted on 14 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Osterl
Studio portrait of 3070 Private (Pte) James Angus McConchie, 10th Reinforcements, 6th Battalion, of Richmond, Vic. Pte McConchie enlisted on 14 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Osterl
The 102nd Howitzer Battery drivers enjoying an evening meal at Becourt. Some men are seated on the ground, while others are sitting on crates around tables. Large quantities of stores are lying on t
Gallipoli, Turkey. 1915-05. 125 Sapper (Spr) Arthur George Wade (left) and Spr George Gibson Paterson, both members of the 1st Australian Divisional Signal Company, resting in their first dugout on Ga
