The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Portrait of 2381 Private (Pte) Cedric Stanley Morrison, 3rd Battalion from Lewisham. NSW. A 20 year old clerk with previous service with the 33rd Infantry Militia prior to enlisting in the AIF on 2 May 1915, he embarked for overseas service with the 7th Reinforcements from Sydney aboard HMAT Orsova (A67) on 14 July 1915. After disembarking in Egypt, he joined the 3rd Battalion at Gallipoli on 2 September 1915. Back in Egypt, he transferred to the 1st Machine Gun Company on 12 March 1916 and later that month went with them to France where he was promoted to Lance Corporal (L Cpl) on 30 July 1916. L Cpl Morrison was awarded a Military Medal (MM) for courage and skill while in charge of a machine gun at Haplincourt, France on 9 April 1917. He advanced over heavy rain-soaked ground under a heavy barrage of hostile fire, silenced the enemy and assisted in capturing the enemy’s position. He was later killed in action on 26 September 1917 at Chateau Segard near Voormezeele, Belgium. Although buried near where he fell, after the war his grave could not be located and he is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium with others who have no known grave.
Studio portrait of 1728 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Frank William Banner Hopkins, 60th Battalion from Port Melbourne, Victoria. A 19 year old clerk prior to enlisting on 19 May 1915, he embarked for overse
Studio portrait of three soldiers from 22nd Battalion. Identified from left: 5117 Lance Corporal (L/Cpl) William John Alfred (Willie) Layburn, 22nd Battalion, of Dunedin, New Zealand. Working in Victo
Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Edmund Watt, 1st Australian Machine Gun Battalion from Willoughby, NSW. A 19 year old trade warehouseman prior to enlisting on 12 January 1915, he embarked for overs
Studio portrait of 3838 Corporal (Cpl) Edward Frank McNaughton, 10th Battalion from Croydon, South Australia. A 25 year old clerk prior to enlisting on 9 August 1915, he embarked for overseas with the
Studio portrait of 3428 Driver Walter Henry Edwin Moore, 12th Machine Gun Company from Prahran East, Melbourne, Victoria. A 24 year old blacksmith prior to enlisting on 12 July 1915, he embarked for o
Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Arthur Douglas Hogan, 21st Battalion from Lewisham, NSW. A 29 year old jeweller/optician prior to his enlistment on 7 April 1915, he embarked for overseas as a Secon
