The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Troops prior to boarding HMAT Medic (A7). Identified are: 22974 Gunner (Gnr) George Ridgeway, 8th Field Artillery Brigade, a labourer of Lang Lang, Vic (front left), and 22928 Driver (Dvr) James Morgan, 8th Field Artillery Brigade, a cook of Vermont, Vic (second from left, front). Gnr Ridgeway was later awarded the Military Medal on 12 December 1918. 2nd Lieutenant John Brake is seated centre left in the second row, wearing a cap and holding a swagger stick.
Troops prior to boarding HMAT Medic (A7). Identified by the name on his kitbag (seated far right, front row) is probably 19876 Driver Alexander Douglas Young. There is a bicycle behind the troops, fa
Members of 8th Reinforcements, 57th Battalion prior to boarding HMAT Medic (A7). Identified by the name on his kitbag (sitting, front row, far right) is 3254 Private Stevenson Charles Jackson Wigg.
Members of the 13th Reinforcements, 6th Field Artillery Brigade (6FAB), informally grouped on the wharf prior to boarding on the troopship RMS Osterley. Soldier crouching with his hand on his kitbag
Troops prior to boarding HMAT Medic (A7). There is a horse-pulled cart behind them, far left.
Troops prior to boarding HMAT Medic (A7).
Troops prior to boarding HMAT Medic (A7).
