The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 7303 Sapper Abraham McManus, 6th Field Company Engineers from Toowoomba, Queensland. An 18 year old carter prior to enlisting on 5 November 1915, he embarked for overseas with the 5th Reinforcements from Sydney on 31 March 1916 aboard HMAT Star of Victoria. Though he served mainly with the 6th Field Company Engineers, Sapper McManus was transferred for two short periods to the 24th Battalion. At one time he was charged with the crime of failing to massage his feet with whale oil when ordered to do so by an NCO and had to forfeit two day's pay. On 16 or 17 September he was killed in action near Ypres and is buried in the Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Portrait of 7281 Sapper (Spr) Charles King Brothers, 5th Reinforcements, 6th Field Company Engineers, of Toowoomba, Qld. A draper prior to enlisting on 2 October 1915, he embarked from Sydney aboard H
Studio portrait of 15250 Sapper Eugene Joseph Wall, 6th Field Company Engineers (left), and an unidentified soldier. Sapper Wall, of Peterborough, SA, embarked from Sydney, NSW with the September Rein
Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Charles Edward Dunsdon, 4th Field Company Engineers. A draughtsman from Toowoomba Qld prior to enlistment Lt Dunsdon embarked as a Lance Corporal (L Cpl) with 3rd F
[Mr or Mrs A Lydon [sic] on negative]. Copy portrait of a photograph of a soldier identified as 6727 Sapper (Spr) Abraham Lyden, a labourer from Ridgeway, Tasmania, prior to enlistment. Spr Lyden emba
Portrait of two Australian soldiers of the 12th Field Company Engineers. Identified, standing right, is 5439 Sapper Charles Edward Haworth. A wheelwright from North Carlton, Victoria, Haworth enlisted
Studio portrait of 6995 Sapper (Spr) David John Thomas, 1st Field Company Engineers, of Narrandera, NSW. A customs collector prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 16th Reinforcements from Sydney a
