The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
General (Gen) Sir W. R. Birdwood, presenting medals to Australians at a presentation parade at Canteen Corner, in the Messines Sector. Identified, left to right (foreground): Colonel Charles Herbert Davis DSO VD; Major Lutt, US Army (with back to camera); unidentified (partially obscured); Captain P. W. (Capt) Simonson, Aide-de-Camp to Gen Monash; Brigadier General W. Ramsay McNicoll CB CMG DSO; Gen Monash, Corps Commander; Capt F. E. Fairweather MC and Bar (killed in action 29 September 1918) (almost completely obscured by Gen Monash); unidentified (foreground, looking to the right); Gen Birdwood (shaking hands); 6520 Private R. L. M. Gelly.
General (Gen) Sir W. R. Birdwood addressing a parade of the 3rd Australian Division at 'Canteen Corner', in the Messines Sector, after presenting medals won in the raids on 10 February 1918 to 11 Febr
General Sir William Riddell Birdwood presenting medals to members of the 3rd Australian Division. Identified, left to right: Lieutenant Colonel R. E. Jackson DSO; Captain (Capt) Paul William Simonson
General (Gen) Sir William Birdwood presenting a medal to a Chaplain of the 3rd Australian Division at Neuve Eglise. Identified, left to right, at the table: Lt Col R. E. Jackson DSO; Captain (Capt) P.
General Sir William Riddell Birdwood returning the salute of an officer of the 3rd Australian Division, whom he had just decorated during a presentation parade at Neuve Eglise. Identified, left to rig
General Sir W R Birdwood presenting medals to members of the 4th Division. Standing in the centre, left to right: unidentified; Major H. Thompson MC, Staff Captain, 4th Brigade; unidentified; General
A stretcher bearer receiving a medal from General Sir William Birdwood at a presentation parade of the 3rd Australian Division at Neuve Eglise. Identified, standing around the table, left to right: Li
