The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Group portrait of officers and nursing sisters, probably on the top deck of HMAT Ulysses (A38), at a Melbourne wharf. Left to right are: Lieutenant (Lt) Hamilton (probably Lt Charles Hamilton, 23rd Battalion); Lt Norman Pelton (Lt Norman Gilbert Pelton, 24th Battalion, KIA 12 May 1917); Lt William John Craze (24th Battalion); Sister Graham (probably Sister Elizabeth Margaret Josephine Graham, AANS); Lt Preston (probably Lt Reginald Lawrence Preston, 13th Light Horse); Sister Palmer (probably Sister Elizabeth Palmer, AANS); Lt Gibbons (probably Lt Reginald Leslie Alfred Gibbons, 13th Light Horse); Lt Harold Maughan Pullin (24th Battalion) and Lt Walker (unable to further identify). The identified officers all embarked aboard HMAT Ulysses on 27 October 1915, and the Sisters were in Melbourne at this time. In June 1915 Sisters Graham and Palmer had embarked together for service at No. 1 Australian General Hospital in Heliopolis, Egypt. On 3 September 1915 they embarked aboard HMAT Ulysses to return to Australia, caring for invalided soldiers on the journey. They continued nursing patients on a train journey to South Australia, before returning to Melbourne. The sisters later returned to Egypt.
Studio portrait probably of 2736 Private (Pte) Richard Stanley Palmer, 6th Reinforcements, 24th Battalion, of Broadford, Vic. Pte Palmer enlisted on 13 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HM
Studio portrait of Captain (Capt) Norman Gilbert Pelton, 58th Battalion. A teacher from Yarraville, Vic prior to enlistment, Capt Pelton embarked with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant with the 5th Reinforce
Studio portrait of 896 Corporal (Cpl) Robert Reginald H Pittendrigh, 13th Battalion of Garra Pine Cliffs, NSW. Cpl Pittendrigh embarked with H Company, 13th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Ulysses on
Studio portrait of 2853 Private (Pte) Reginald Robert Hutchison, 6th Reinforcements, 22nd Battalion, of Carnegie, Vic. Pte Hutchison enlisted on 13 October 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT
Studio portrait of 2847 Private (Pte) Percival Norman Morse, 6th Reinforcements, 24th Battalion, of Castlemaine, Vic. Pte Morse enlisted on 13 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ulysses
Studio portrait probably of 2755 Private (Pte) Edgar Charles Francis Rayner, 6th Reinforcements, 24th Battalion, of Sandringham, Vic. Pte Rayner enlisted on 17 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne ab
