The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) James Churchill-Smith, 10th Battalion from Prospect, South Australia. A 20 year old clerk prior to being appointed a 2nd Lt in the AIF on 16 June 1915, he embarked for overseas with the 8th Reinforcements of the 10th Battalion from Adelaide on 2 September 1915 aboard HMAT Anchises. After serving with the 10th Battalion at Gallipoli from October 1915, he was promoted to Lieutenant, transferred to the 50th Battalion and proceeded to France in June 1916. He was awarded a Military Cross for bravery and devotion to duty between 13 and 15 August at Mouquet Farm and later awarded a Bar to the Military Cross, also for bravery at Mouquet Farm on 2 September 1916. After being wounded in action on 29 September, he returned to his battalion a week later. He was promoted to Captain and then to Major and Mentioned in Despatches of 16 March 1919. Major Churchill-Smith, MC and Bar, MID, returned to Australia in November 1919.
Studio portrait of 1428 Lieutenant (Lt) Albert Harold Hill, MC and Bar, of the 2nd Light Horse Regiment and the 31st Battalion. Private Hill served with the 2nd Light Horse Regiment and later with the
Studio portrait of 2347 (later 2879) Private (later 2nd Lieutenant) William Brown MM, 2nd (later 11th and 51st) Battalion of Liverpool, NSW. A butcher prior to enlisting, he originally embarked from
Studio portrait of Major (Maj) Henry William Murray VC DSO and bar DCM, 13th Battalion. Maj Murray was awarded the Victoria Cross as a Captain (Capt) for "most conspicuous bravery" on 4 - 5 February 1
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 1 Regimental Sergeant Major John Lyall Smith, 25th Battalion, of Ayr, Qld; originally of Aberdeen, Scotland. A mason prior to enlisting on 7 February 1915, John Lyall Smith had ser
Portrait of Second Lieutenant Edward Lloyd Cheney, 50th Battalion from Mitcham, South Australia. A 22 year old dealer prior to enlisting on 25 August 1914, he embarked for overseas as a Corporal (serv
