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Christmas Dinner 1914 of the 7th Battalion Machine Gun Section at Mena Camp. The two figures in the foreground are 47 Corporal (Cpl) Stanley John Goulding (left) and 45 Private (Pte) Robert Allan Bunning (right, full face) and at the head of the table is Lieutenant (Lt) John Stewart Whitelaw. Cpl Goulding was a clerk and Pte Bunning an electrician, both from Moonee Ponds, Victoria, prior to enlistment. All three members embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Hororata for Egypt. Cpl Goulding and Pte Bunning were both wounded in action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. Cpl Goulding was evacuated to Alexandria, Egypt, and died of these wounds in No 15 General Hospital on 1 May 1915. He was aged 19 years. Pte Bunning was evacuated to Malta and subsequently rejoined his battalion in the Dardanelles in July 1915. He was evacuated to Alexandria in September 1915 due to illness and rejoined his battalion again after they had been withdrawn to Egypt. The battalion relocated to the Western Front, France, in March 1916. Pte Bunning was appointed Lance Corporal on 14 July 1916 and was killed in action 11 days later near Pozieres, France. He was aged 25 years. Lt Whitelaw, of Hawthorn, Victoria, survived both World Wars and rose to the rank of Major General before retirement in August 1951.
Studio portrait of 1003 Private (Pte) Robert Angus Whitelaw, 21st Battalion, of Briagolong, Vic. Pte Whitelaw enlisted on 21 January 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Ulysses on 8 May 1915. He was later p
A BELT - FILLING SHELTER IN RESERVE TO 7TH MACHINE GUN POSITION ON GALLIPOLI, AT ABOUT 3 P.M. ON 1915-04-25. THE MEN ARE L/CPL. BARKER (LEFT) AND PRIVATE G. HILL. THE TIN OF BEEF SHOWN WAS CARRIED OFF
In a dugout of the 7th Battalion Machine Gun Section, behind Courtney's Post, Gallipoli Peninsula, late in the day on 26 April 1915. Identified, left to right: 56 Private (Pte) Frank Walker, of Bendig
THE MACHINE GUN SECTION OF 7TH BATTALION MANOUVERING ON THE SLOPES OVERLOOKING MENA CAMP. LIEUTS. WHITELAW AND ROGERS ARE PROMINENT BETWEEN THE TWO GUNS.
Grave marker for 1550 Private (Pte) Horace Newby Jones, 18th Australian Infantry Battalion. A bricklayer from Bondi, NSW, Pte Jones enlisted in April 1915 and embarked from Sydney on 3 July 1915. He w
Portrait of 61 Private (Pte) Stirling Ferguson Barnett of Northcote,. Victoria. Pte Barnett was a carpenter prior to enlistment in the 6th Battalion on 22 August 1914. He embarked at Melbourne on HM
