The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 5856 Lance Corporal Prosper Reginald Victor Le Roux, 24th Battalion from Red Bluff, Lang Lang, Victoria. A 31 year old farmer prior to enlisting on 8 February 1916, he embarked for overseas with the 16th Reinforcements from Melbourne on 2 October 1916 aboard HMAT Nestor. He served with the Battalion on the Western Front where he was killed in action at the Battle of Passchendaele (in Belgium) on 4 October 1917. He is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium with others who have no known grave. His younger brother, 19993 Gunner Albert Arthur Le Roux, 8th Field Artillery Brigade enlisted four days prior to Prosper and also fought at the Battle of Passchendaele. He died of wounds on 27 September 1917 and is buried at Lijssenthoeck Military Cemetery, Belgium. [See image H05544]
Studio portrait of 19993 Gunner Albert Arthur Le Roux, 8th Field Artillery Brigade from Lang Lang, Victoria. An 18 year old clerk prior to enlisting on 4 February 1916, he embarked for overseas with t
Studio portrait of 6542 Private (Pte) Sidney David Kirkland, 8th Battalion from Glenferrie, Victoria. A 26 year old carpenter prior to enlisting on 14 August 1916, he embarked for overseas with the 21
Studio portrait of 5037 Private Herbert Bennett, 8th Battalion, of Ballarat, Victoria. A bank clerk prior to enlistment, he embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Suffolk (A23) on 1 April 1916. He was killed
Studio portrait of 701 Private William Andrew Anderson, 36th Battalion of Granville, NSW. A horse driver prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard the HMAT Beltana (A72) on 13 May 1916. He
Studio portrait of 288 Private Lennox Banebridge Terry, 38th Battalion from Bonnie Doon, Victoria. A 29 year old miner prior to enlistment on 16 October 1916, he embarked for overseas with the 6th Rei
Studio portrait of 6509 Private Henry Russell Huntsman, 7th Battalion from Windsor, Victoria. A 24 year old labourer prior to enlistment on 24 July 1916, he embarked for overseas with the 21st Reinfor
