The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of No 4439, Sergeant (Sgt) Donald Gordon Bock MM, 4th Battalion (4 Bn). A grocer, of Narrandera, New South Wales, he enlisted as a Private on 18 August 1915 and embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Wandilla on 3 February 1916 for Egypt and then on to the Western Front, France where he served for six weeks with the 1st Anzac Entrenching Battalion before being taken on strength of 4 Bn. He was promoted to Corporal in January 1917 and to Sgt two months later. Sgt Bock was awarded the Military Medal for his actions with 4 Bn at Bullecourt from 4 to 8 May 1917. He was assigned to the 1st Training Brigade in England in June 1917 before rejoining his Battalion in France on 7 October 1917. Sgt Bock was killed in action on 9 November 1917 near Ypres, Belgium. He was aged 22 years.
Studio portrait of 2275 Private Clarence Arthur Laurie, 48th Battalion, of Parkside, SA. He is wearing the earlier, rectangular version of the 48th Battalion colour patch. Pte Laurie, a blacksmith bef
Studio portrait of 5838 Private (Pte) George Allan Buchanan, 22nd Battalion. A grocer from Launching Place, Victoria, prior to enlistment on 26 February 1916 he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ne
Studio portrait of 3850A Private (Pte) Henry Edward Judd, 1st Pioneer Battalion, of Yarragong, near Forbes, NSW. A railway porter before enlisting in December 1916, Pte Judd left Australia for England
Studio portrait of 4524 Private Charles Hull, 15th Battalion, of Burrawang, NSW. A farmer prior to enlistment he embarked from Brisbane, Qld with the 14th Reinforcements on board HAMT Wandilla (A62) o
Studio portrait of 1818 Private (Pte) Albert Victor Simcock, 32nd Battalion. A labourer from Walkerville, South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 2nd Reinforcements from Adelaide o
Portrait of 2551 Sergeant (Sgt) Herbert Glenmore Atfield, 18th Battalion. A grocer prior to enlisting on 4 August 1915, Sgt Atfield embarked for overseas service aboard on HMAT Euripides (A14) on 2 No
