The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 2636 Private (Pte) Matthew Archibald, 16th Battalion from Perth, Western Australia. A 21 year old boot maker prior to enlisting on 26 June 1915, he embarked for overseas service with the 8th Reinforcements from Fremantle, Western Australia aboard HMAT Anchises (A68) on 2 September 1915. After disembarking in Egypt, he joined the 16th Battalion at Gallipoli and remained there until the evacuation back to Egypt in December. In March 1916, he went with the battalion to France where he was killed in action on the Somme on 10 August 1916. Pte Archibald is buried in the Courcelette British Cemetery, France.
Studio portrait in civilian clothing, of 2673 Private Thomas Samuel Lenton, 16th Battalion from Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. A 33 year old miner prior to enlisting on 22 June 1915, he embarked for o
Studio portrait of 3041 Private (Pte) Albert Erwin, 34th Battalion. A boot maker from Armidale, New South Wales, Pte Erwin embarked from Sydney on HMAT Anchises (A68) on 24 January 1917. He died of wo
Studio portrait of 1182 Trooper Duncan Mark Maclaren, 10th Light Horse Regiment from Adelaide, South Australia. A 20 year old farm hand prior to enlisting on 14 May 1915, he embarked for overseas serv
Studio portrait of 2641 Private (Pte) John Learmonth, 52nd Battalion from Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. A 28 year old labourer prior to enlisting on 24 May 1915, he embarked for overseas with the 8th
Studio portrait of 4615 Private (Pte) Bernard Hickey, 16th Battalion from Boulder, Western Australia. A 26 year old miner prior to enlisting on 8 November 1915, he embarked for overseas with the 14th
Studio portrait of the Caledonian Soccer Club. Third row, far left, is James Simpson who enlisted in the 16th Battalion in June 1915. 2705 Private (Pte) Simpson embarked with the 8th Reinforcement
