The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Members of the 2/48th Battalion, 9th Australian Division, with a pet dog, after evacuation from Tobruk on the ship Kingston. Identified left to right: (believed to be) SX8281 Private Jack Colin Curtis of Southwark, SA; SX7613 Lance Corporal (later, Corporal) Jack Eunson Champion of Echunga, SA; SX6305 Corporal Roy Clifford Darley of Narridy, SA. Private Curtis later died of wounds in Egypt on 23 September 1942. See also 021156.
Men of the 9th Division disembarking at a Middle East port. They had just been evacuated from Tobruk by units of the Royal Navy . Identified is SSX7613 Lance Corporal (later, Corporal) Jack Eunson Cha
Studio portrait of Mrs Irene Simper, on her wedding day. She married SX21753 Sergeant (Sgt) Colin Douglas Simper. They met at a dance at the Palais, Semaphore Beach, SA. Sgt Simper of the 2/48th Batta
Studio portrait of 1068 Bugler Clifford Labram, 4th Field Ambulance. A labourer from Southwark, SA prior to enlistment, Bugler Labram embarked from Melbourne on 22 December 1914 aboard HMAT Berrima.
Informal portrait of SX21753 Sergeant (Sgt) Colin Douglas Simper and his wife Irene on their wedding day, 12 December 1941. The couple met at a dance at the Palais, Semaphore Beach, SA. Sgt Simper of
Harry Johns standing next to the grave of his friend, SX7616 Private (Pte) Robert Maxwell (Bob) Aitken, C Company, 2/48th Battalion, at Tobruk. Pte Aitken, of Glassop, SA, enlisted in Adelaide, SA, on
Studio portrait of 2767 Private Walter Douglas Pointon, 9th Australian Light Horse Regiment (left); 1663 Private Arthur Stephen Jack Fidge, 48th Battalion (later 9th Australian Light Horse Regiment) (
