The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Portrait of 1346 (later 1232) Private (Pte) William John Gray, 5th Battalion from Clifton Hill, Victoria. A 26 year old jockey prior to enlisting on 2 November 1914, he embarked for overseas with the 2nd Reinforcements from Melbourne aboard HMAT Clan MacGillivray (A46) on 2 February 1915. After further training in Egypt, he embarked from Alexandria on 5 April to join the Gallipoli Campaign. However, he was admitted to hospital on Lemnos Island on 20 April with rheumatic fever, transferred to a hospital ship five days later and then sent to a hospital in Heliopolis, Cairo where he died of tubercular meningitis on 30 April 1915. Pte Gray is buried in the Cairo War Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt.
Collection relating to service of 1232 Private William John Gray, 5 Battalion AIF, Egypt, Gallipoli. Collection includes handwritten copy of a letter written by Private Gray to his mother on 27 May 1
Studio portrait of 1315 Private (Pte) Ernest John Beadle, 7th Battalion, of Brighton, Vic. A carpenter prior enlistment, he embarked with the 2nd Reinforcements aboard HMAT Clan Macgillivray (A46) on
Studio portrait of 1456 Private (Pte) Horace Leslie Carroll, 14th Battalion, of North Ballarat, Vic. A bricklayer prior to enlistment he embarked with the 14th Reinforcements from Melbourne on board H
BRISBANE, QLD. C. 1915. TROOPSHIP CLAN MACGILLIVRAY (A46) DEPARTING FROM PINKENBA WHARF CARRYING AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS TO OVERSEAS SERVICE. COMMONWEALTH CONTROL OF THIS SHIP ENDED ON 1917-08-16.
Studio portrait of 2167 Private (Pte) Frederick Gould Pullen, 5th Pioneer Battalion, a farmer from Maitland, NSW. Pte Pullen embarked from Sydney with the 3rd Reinforcements, 1st Pioneer Battalion on
Portrait of 1326 Private (Pte) John ‘Jack’ Conlen, 7th Battalion from Hawthorn, Victoria. A 25 year old mechanic and motor driver prior to enlisting on 9 November 1914, he embarked for overseas servic
