The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 4370 Private (Pte) Leland Corbet Allmond, 27th Battalion from Cherryville, South Australia. An 18 year old gardener prior to enlisting on 12 January 1916, he embarked for overseas with the 11th Reinforcements from Adelaide, South Australia aboard HMAT Shropshire (A9) on 25 March 1916. After disembarking in Egypt, he proceeded to France in June and joined the 27th Battalion on the Western Front. Pte Allmond was killed in action near Dernancourt on 5 November 1916 and is buried in the AIF Burial Ground, Grass Lane, Flers, France. His brother, 2568 Pte Christopher William Allmond, Imperial Camel Corps died from malaria on 4 September 1918 [see image H05886] and his uncle, 3359 Pte Arthur William Allmond, 50th Battalion was killed in action at Westhoek Ridge, Belgium on 26 September 1917.
Studio portrait of 2568 Private (Pte) Christopher William Allmond, 9th Light Horse Regiment from Cherryville, South Australia. A 23 year old gardener prior to enlisting on 25 January 1916, he embarked
Studio portrait of 2568 Private (Pte) Christopher William Allmond, 9th Light Horse Regiment from Cherryville, South Australia. A 23 year old gardener prior to enlisting on 25 January 1916, he embarked
Studio portrait of 2126 Private (later Sergeant) William Brown, D Company, 27th Battalion. A pastrycook of Adelaide, South Australia, prior to enlistment, Sergeant Brown was killed in action at Flers
Studio portrait of 2238 Private (Pte) Arthur Thorn, 27th Battalion from Port Pirie, South Australia. A 29 year old metallurgical chemist prior to enlisting on 2 June 1915, he embarked for overseas wit
Studio portrait of 4563 Private (Pte) Oscar Lennard Kiesewetter, 27th Battalion, of Broken Hill, NSW. A station hand and barman prior to enlisting in February 1916, he embarked with the 11th Reinforc
Studio portrait of 5431 Private (Pte) Lawrence Silvester Polomka, 27th Battalion, of Lipson, SA. A farmer before enlisting in March 1916, Pte Polomka left Australia for England with the 14th Reinforce
Studio portrait of 4467 Private (Pte) Hedley Norman Lawrence, 27th Battalion. A baker from Mount Gambier, South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked from Adelaide on 25 March 1916 aboard HMAT
