The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Roy Kyle was only 17 when he joined the Australian Imperial Forces. He left Australia in 1915, and transferred to the 24th Battalion when he arrived in Egypt. He landed at Gallipoli, immediately going to Lone Pine and remaining there. Roy was amoung the last to be evacuated from Gallipoli. After a period in Egypt he was sent to France with his battalion in 1916. Later, he became a trench mortar operator and transferred to the 4th Medium Trench Mortar Battery. Roy was wounded in 1918 and was evacuated to England and was on his way back to Australia when the war ended. Depicts a study for portrait of Roy Kyle, 24th battalion, on pilgrimage for the 75th anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli.
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 poppy at
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
Robert joined the Light Horse in Gladstone, but switched to the infantry. He landed at Gallipoli with A Company, 9th Battalion in 1915. He was evacuated to a Cairo hospital with a fever and dysentery.
Jim Kibble was a bricklayer before World War 1. He tried to enlist immediately when war broke out, but was rejected as being too short. He tried again and was accepted in April 1915. Jim arrived at Ga
Len Hall put his age up to enlist in 1914, and was a bugler with the 10th Australian Light Horse brigade. He left of Egypt where he "learnt to ride a horse". After landing at Gallipoli, he was transfe
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
