The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Informal portrait of 2868 Private (Pte) John Fullerton (Jack) Aarons, 16th Battalion, standing beside the original grave marker of 5392 Private (Pte) Thomas James Manners. Pte Aarons was born at Orange, NSW, enlisted in Perth, WA, on 10 July 1916 with the 51st Battalion and embarked from Fremantle aboard HMAT Argyllshire on 9 November 1916. On 5 May 1917 he transferred to the 16th Battalion in which his younger brother 2nd Lieutenant (later Captain, MC and Bar) Daniel Sidney Aarons served. Pte Aarons died of wounds 11 July 1917.
Pte Thomas Manners, 16th Battalion, a tram conductor of Victoria Park, WA, enlisted on 6 December 1915 and embarked from Fremantle aboard HMAT Aeneas on 17 April 1916. He was killed in action in Belgium on 4 October 1916, aged 27 years.
Original grave marker in the shape of a Star of David, of 2868 Private (Pte) John Fullarton (Jack) Aarons, 16th Battalion, at Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France, who died of wounds 11 July 1917
Informal outdoors portrait of 5345 Private (Pte) George Cobbe, 16th Battalion, of Nangeenan, WA and originally from Wigan, England. Pte Cobbe enlisted on 22 February 1916 and embarked from Fremantle a
Informal outdoors portrait of Captain (Capt) Daniel Sidney Aarons (left) business manager of Fremantle, WA, and Lieutenant (Lt) John Strachan Kerr, (right) a mechanical engineer of Wellington Mills, W
Studio portrait of 5100 Private (Pte) Thomas James Bastian Gard, 16th Battalion, of Charters Towers, Qld. A labourer prior to enlistment, he embarked from Fremantle, WA with the 16th Reinforcements ab
Informal portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Charles Dane Brown, of 16th Battalion, a commercial traveller of Melbourne, Vic, reading a book in his quarters in France. Lt Brown enlisted in Perth, WA, on 30 Ju
Studio portrait of 5781 Private (Pte) Peter James Cecini, 5th Reinforcements, 43rd Battalion, 11th Infantry Brigade, of Ravenswood, Qld. Pte Peter Cecini enlisted on 3 May 1916 and embarked from Frema
