The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of Lieutenant Norman Farquhar Macrae, 28th Battalion from Katanning, Western Australia. A 38 year old grazier serving as a Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) in the 25th Light Horse Militia prior to joining the AIF, he was appointed a 2nd Lt on 23 April 1915 and promoted to Lieutenant on 16 May. He embarked for overseas service with D Company from Fremantle, Western Australia aboard HMAT Ascanius (A11) on 9 June 1915. After disembarking in Egypt, he proceeded to Gallipoli on 4 September and was made Temporary Captain on 14 November 1915 before being promoted to Captain on 1 March 1916. He proceeded to France with his battalion later in March and was killed in action at Pozieres on 29 July 1916. Captain Macrae is commemorated on the Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux, France with others who have no known grave.
Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Bruce Moses Farquhar Sloss, 10th Machine Gun Company, of Armadale, Vic. An engineer prior to enlistment, 2nd Lt Sloss embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Asca
Outdoor portrait of four officers of the 28th Battalion, AIF. Identified on the left is Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Harold Bernard Walford Ridley from York, Western Australia. A 19 year old orchardist
Studio portrait of 836 Sergeant (Sgt) Ernest George Smythe, 51st Battalion, of Northam, WA. A clerk prior to enlisting in September 1914 he embarked, as a member of the 11th Battalion, on board HMAT
Studio portrait of 929 Corporal (Cpl) Norman Stanley Wilson, 28th Battalion from Caversham, Western Australia. A 24 year old labourer prior to enlisting on 15 March 1915, he embarked for overseas as a
Studio portrait of Company Sergeant Major (CSM) Bert 'Tissy' Adams Bell, 28th Battalion, of Cottesloe Beach, WA. A draughtsman prior to enlistment, CSM Bell embarked from Fremantle on HMAT Ascanius on
Studio portrait of 826 Private (Pte) David William Cunningham, 28th Battalion from North Carlton, Victoria. A 27 year old labourer prior to enlisting on 16 March 1915, he embarked for overseas service
