The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Long Gully, Vic. Portrait of 1960 Private (Pte) William Howard Langdon MM with his mother Ellen. Pte Langdon, originally of Bendigo, Vic, enlisted in Perth, WA, on 21 March 1916 and embarked on 18 July 1916. He and two other privates were awarded the Military Medal (MM) for their courage for their work near Broodseinde Ridge on 12 October 1917. Their citation reads: ... these men did splendid work as stretcher bearers in going to the assistance and collecting wounded men under very heavy shell fire and at great personal risk. It was due to their gallantry and devotion to duty that casualties were cleared quickly and saved many lives.' The other stretcher bearers were 3399 Pte Christopher Edward James and 3124 Pte James Thomson. Pte Langdon embarked for Australia on 23 March 1919. He was 39 years old at the time of receiving his MM and had been a fitter in civilian life, having worked in foundries in Bendigo, Kalgoorlie and Perth.
Studio portrait of 4339 Private (Pte) Bertie John Skilton, 6th Battalion, of Williamstown, Vic. Pte Skilton enlisted on 18 September 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Demosthenes on 29 December 1915. On 4
Studio portrait of 4339 Private (Pte) Bertie John Skilton, 6th Battalion, of Williamstown, Vic. Pte Skilton enlisted on 18 September 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Demosthenes on 29 December 1915. On 4
Studio portrait of 4339 Private (Pte) Bertie John Skilton, 6th Battalion, of Williamstown, Vic. Pte Skilton enlisted on 18 September 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Demosthenes on 29 December 1915. On 4
Australian stretcher bearers with casualty on stretcher preparing to leave the battlefield, and another soldier attending to a second casualty. In performing their work, stretcher-bearers were regular
Studio portrait of 4300 Private (Pte) Edward Catton, 10th Reinforcements, 24th Battalion, of Kangaroo Ground, Vic. Pte Catton, aged eighteen years, enlisted on 28 October 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT
Two officers and two soldiers outside their dugouts on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Identified from left to right: Lieutenant (Lt) Carl Fritz Jorgensen; Lt Arthur James Hall; 4127 Private (Pte) Robert Bu
