The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Claude Richard Henry Bryant MM, 4th Divisional Signal Company. Bryant enlisted on 18 February 1915 and was awarded the Military Medal as a Second Corporal (2nd Cpl) in August 1916 for "gallantry and devotion to duty" at Contalmaison, France, along with 3667 Sapper (Spr) Maurice O'Meara. 993 2nd Cpl Bryant and Spr O'Meara maintained the telephone lines between Headquarters and Artillery Brigades under heavy shellfire, allowing communication to be continued between the two points. Lt Bryant returned to Australia on 1 April 1919.
Studio portrait of 3667 Sapper (Spr) Maurice Myles O'Meara. Maurice O'Meara was born in Toongabbie, Victoria in 1893. He enlisted with the AIF on 14 July 1915 and served with the 2 Signal Company be
Military Medal (Geo V). Impressed around edge with recipient's details. Sapper Maurice Myles O'Meara was born in Toongabbie Victoria in 1893. He enlisted with the AIF on the 14 July 1915 and served
A Cable Section of the 4th Divisional Signal Company laying telephone lines with a cable wagon near Vendelles. Left to right: 1703 Corporal A. R. Clyde MM (back to camera); Lieutenant C. R. Bryant MM;
Studio portrait of 72 Sapper (Spr) Dennis Joseph O'Brien, 78 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Joseph Climpson and 71 Spr William John Byrt, who embarked together with the 1st Divisional Signal Company from Melb
Studio portrait of 2131 Corporal (Cpl) George Claude Ryan MM, 35th Battalion. Cpl Ryan was awarded the Military Medal for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the attack at Curlu, France,
Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) John Cecil Drury Reid, 4th Pioneer Battalion. A surveyor from Willaura, Vic prior to enlistment, Lt Reid embarked with the 5th Tunnelling Company from Melbourne on H
