The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 2074 Private Albert Southam, 5th Light Horse Regiment from Lismore, NSW. A 26 year old 'tailer-out sawmills' prior to enlisting on 14 October 1915, he embarked for overseas with the 14th Reinforcements from Brisbane, Queensland on 31 January 1916 aboard HMAT Wandilla. He was transferred as a Driver to the 52 Battery of the 25th Field Artillery Brigade (FAB), then as a Gunner with the 13th FAB. Gunner Southam was killed in action on 18 September 1918 near Bellenglise, France and on 24 January 1919 was posthumously awarded the Military Medal for 'courage and initiative at Hamel/ Villers-Bretonneux on 9 August 1918'. He is buried in Jeancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, near St Quentin, France.
Studio portrait of 1671 Corporal (later Lieutenant) Leslie Norman Ward of Charleville, Queensland. Corporal Ward enlisted on the 26 July 1915 and served with the 47th Battalion and 48th Battalions. He
Studio portrait of 3299 Private (Pte) Frederick Archibald De Cean, 50th Battalion from New Mile End, South Australia. An 18 year old labourer prior to enlisting on 26 July 1917, he embarked for overse
Studio portrait of 17147 Gunner Stephen Gregory Grugeon, 11th Field Artillery Brigade of Ashfield, NSW. A student at the University of Sydney prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard the HM
Studio portrait of 1928A Private Harold Whiteman, 1st Pioneer Battalion of Newtown, NSW. A bricklayer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard the HMAT Ceramic (A40) on14 April 1916. He wa
Studio portrait of 11435 Gunner (later Bombardier) John Ernest Shields, 1st Field Artillery (later 103rd Howitzer Battery, 3rd Field Artillery) Brigade of Auburn, NSW. A carpenter prior to enlisting,
Studio portrait of 3892 Private (Pte) Arthur Robinson Eastburn 16th Battalion. A labourer from South Fremantle, WA prior to enlistment, Pte Eastburn embarked with the 12th Reinforcements from Fremantl
