The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 3844 Private (Pte) David Bernard Harford, 51st Battalion from Ravensthorpe, Western Australia. A 28 year old miner prior to enlisting on 14 July 1915, he embarked for overseas service with the 9th Reinforcements of the 28th Battalion from Fremantle, Western Australia aboard HMAT Miltiades (A28) on 12 February 1916. Following further training in Egypt, he proceeded to France where he joined the 51st Battalion on 24 September 1916. Pte Harford was wounded in action at Pozieres, France on 31 March 1917 and died of wounds on that same day. He is buried in the Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle, Pozieres, France. [His mother stated that “he was born in a spring cart at Albany after us doing a journey of 14 hundred miles.”]
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
Diary relating to the service of 3844 Private David Bernard Harford, 51st Battalion. In this diary Harford begins by detailing his journey from Australia to Egypt and the conditions on board during th
Studio portrait of 4220 Pte (later Sergeant) Walter James Kavanagh, 13th (later 45th) Battalion, of North Sydney, NSW. A stevedore prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Aeneas (A60)
Studio portrait of 29 Pte Thomas Patrick Keating, 20th Battalion, of Tatura, Vic, son of Thomas Keating. A labourer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Berrima (A35) on 25 June 19
Studio portrait of 1305 Private (Pte) William Byfield, 51st Battalion (Late 11th Battalion). A miner from Boulder, Western Australia, prior to enlistment in the 11th Battalion on 27 September 1914, h
Studio portrait of 3860 Private, (Pte) Arthur William George Jenner, 51st Battalion from North Fremantle, Western Australia. A 22 year old carter prior to enlisting on 16 November 1915, he embarked fo
