The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 3241 Corporal Leslie Andrew Robert Marshall, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade, AIF. A manufacturer of Collingwood, Victoria, Marshall enlisted at Melbourne on 9 October 1914. He embarked on 22nd December 1914 with the 2nd Field Artillery Brigade, 1st Reinforcements at Melbourne, on HMAT Borda (A30). In late July 1915, Cpl Marshall was transferred to hospital for enteric fever and spent time recovering at Imtafa Hospital, Malta, and later 3rd London General Hospital, England.
In May 1916, he joined the 1st Australian Division Base Depot, and only a few months later was taken on strength to the 1st Division Artillery Column. He undertook training at the Artillery Training School in April 1917, and later the 5th Army Artillery School in June 1917. He re-joined his unit from detachment on 16 July 1917. On 19 August 1917, Cpl Marshall was wounded in action in Belgium. He was transferred to the 1st Canadian General Hospital for the removal of shrapnel from a two-inch, bone-deep laceration to his left elbow. He was later transferred to 1st Auxiliary Hospital on 26 September 1917, and recovered in England for several months. Cpl Marshall was attached for duty with permanent cadre of the Reserve Brigade Australia Artillery in England on 24 November 1917 and promoted to temporary Sergeant.
He marched out to 1st Division Artillery in Rouelle, France, and re-joined his unit as a corporal on 5 January 1918. Cpl Marshall was again promoted to temporary sergeant on 11 March 1918, and transferred back to the 2nd Field Artillery Brigade on 3 April 1918. Sgt Marshall was wounded in action on 23 August 1918, sustaining a shell wound to his hip. He was admitted to the 3rd Australian Field Ambulance and transferred to the 55th Casualty Clearing station, and then to Ambulance Train 11. On 24 August he was admitted to 12th General Hospital, Rouen, France, where he died on 26 August 1918 as a result of his wounds. He was 24 years old.
Horse-drawn wagons of the 1st Field Artillery Brigade, 1st Australian Division, in column. Print is inscribed on reverse with the following original caption, written by 320 Corporal (Cpl) Ernest Herbe
Collection relating to the service of 320 Corporal (Cpl) Ernest Herbert Jones, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Army Medical Corps Detail, AIF. The print is inscribed on the reverse with an original capti
Collection relating to the service of 320 Corporal (Cpl) Ernest Herbert Jones, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Army Medical Corps Detail, AIF. The print is inscribed on the reverse with an original capti
Collection relating to the service of 320 Corporal (Cpl) Ernest Herbert Jones, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Army Medical Corps Detail, AIF. The print is inscribed with an original caption, written by
The grave of Major (Maj) William Duncan Kirkland MC of the Australian Army Medical Corps. Born in Bathurst, NSW, Maj Kirkland enlisted on 19 May 1916, joined the 2nd Australian Field Ambulance on 21
113 Corporal (Cpl) Robert Willie Nenke, a despatch rider of 1st Divisional Signal Company (1DSC), attached to 2nd Brigade Field Artillery, sitting on his motor cycle. Robert Nenke, an ironmonger from
