The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Portrait of 2465 Sapper Henry James Bird, 2nd Field Company Engineers, from Paynesville, Victoria. A 24 year old cream grader and buttermaker prior to enlisting on 5 August 1915, he embarked for overseas service with the 12th Reinforcements from Sydney, NSW aboard RMS Mooltan on 11 December 1915. After a short period in Egypt he proceeded to France where he was killed in action at La Boiselle near Pozieres on 19 August 1916. Sapper Bird is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France with others who have no known grave.
Studio portrait of 3796 Private (Pte) Hermann Carl Lehmann, 10th Battalion from Wilmington, South Australia. A 24 year old grazier prior to enlisting on 12 August 1915, he embarked for overseas servic
Studio portrait of 3811 Private (Pte) Lionel Ackers Parsons, 1st Battalion. A motor mechanic from Epping, NSW prior to enlistment, Pte Parsons embarked with the 12th Reinforcements from Sydney on RMS
Portrait of 3747 Private (Pte) Leslie Russell Harper, 1st Battalion from Paddington, NSW. An 18 year old salesman of surgical instruments with previous service in the Naval Reserve, Sydney prior to en
Studio portrait of 2434 Sapper (Spr) William Arthur Stirling, 1st Field Company Engineers, of Waverley, NSW. A carpenter before enlisting on 8 September 1915, he embarked on RMS Mooltan on 11 December
Studio portrait of 2411 Private (Pte) Leslie John Sellwood, 22nd Battalion from Prahran, Victoria. A 21 year old labourer prior to enlisting on 10 July 1915, he had previously served with the 49th Inf
Studio portrait of 2461 Sapper (Spr) James Lawrence Abbott. A salesman from Brighton, Victoria prior to enlistment, Spr Abbott embarked with the 12th Reinforcements, 2nd Field Company Engineers from S
