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Studio portrait of 2440 Private (Pte) Allan McDonald, 59th Battalion from Fryerstown, Victoria. A 24 year old labourer prior to enlisting on 16 May 1916, he embarked for overseas service with the 5th Reinforcements from Melbourne aboard HMAT Shropshire (A9) on 25 September 1916. After disembarking in England, he later proceeded to France in December 1916 and joined the 59th Battalion on the Western Front. Although wounded in action on 5 December 1917, his wounding was slight and he resumed duty that same day. Pte McDonald was killed in action on 9 April 1918 at Hamelet, eight kilometres from Amiens, France and is buried in the Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, France. His brother, 1302 Pte Douglas McDonald, 16th Battalion was killed in action at Gallipoli on 2 May 1915. [See image H06261.]
Studio portrait of 1302 Private (Pte) Douglas McDonald, 16th Battalion from Fryerstown, Victoria. A 26 year old miner prior to enlisting on 16 September 1914, he embarked for overseas service with H C
Studio portrait of 2409 Private (Pte) William George Glen. A 26 year old orchardist from Fryerstown, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Glen embarked with the 5th Reinforcements, 59th Battalion from Me
Studio portrait of 4467 Private (Pte) Hedley Norman Lawrence, 27th Battalion. A baker from Mount Gambier, South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked from Adelaide on 25 March 1916 aboard HMAT
Studio portrait of 5712 Private (Pte) Raymond Charles Willcox, 21st Battalion, of Bromley, Vic, and his sisters. Pte Willcox, a labourer prior to enlisting in May 1916, embarked from Melbourne with t
Studio portrait of 5097A Private (Pte) Thomas Gibbs, 32nd Battalion from North Adelaide, South Australia. A 35 year old painter prior to enlisting on 18 December 1915, he embarked for overseas with th
Studio portrait of 4563 Private (Pte) Oscar Lennard Kiesewetter, 27th Battalion, of Broken Hill, NSW. A station hand and barman prior to enlisting in February 1916, he embarked with the 11th Reinforc
