The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Outdoor portrait of 2274 Private (Pte) Samuel Richard Best from Footscray, Victoria of the 3rd Pioneer Battalion, AIF, viewing the wrecked area from a hole in the shell holed wall of a house in Ypres, Belgium. Pte Best was a 25 year old wool classer prior to enlistment on 29 May 1916 and he embarked for overseas with Reinforcement 3 from Melbourne on 18 September 1916 aboard HMAT Karroo (A10). He was wounded in action (gassed) in June 1917 and spent a week in hospital before returning to his unit. Pte Best arrived back in Australia on 2 July 1919.
Outdoor portrait of Privates 34837 William Henry Cameron Treweeke, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column and 2274 Samuel Richard Best of the 3rd Pioneer Battalion standing on the frozen surface of a water-
A glimpse of Ypres through a shell hole in the wall of the wrecked post office.
Members of the 5th Reinforcements, 2nd Pioneer Battalion prior to boarding HMAT Karroo (A10). Identified by the names on their kitbags are: second row, standing between two soldiers holding flags: 27
Studio portrait of 429 Private (Pte) John Herbert Jones, 9th Light Horse Regiment, of Benalla, Victoria (originally from Wales). Pte Jones embarked aboard HMAT Karroo (A10) from Melbourne on 11 Februa
Studio portrait of Private (Pte) James Robert O'Day, 5th Reinforcements, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, of South Gippsland, Vic. Pte O'Day enlisted on 1 July 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Karroo in Melbourne
Studio portrait of 1581 Private Robert Elder Cox, 19th Battalion from Minto, NSW. A 25 year old wool classer prior to enlistment on 4 September 1916, he embarked for overseas with the 4th Reinforcemen
