The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Granado Walter Foreman, 5th Battalion AIF and later Royal Flying Corps. Collection consists of 3 diaries for 1915, 1916 and 1917. The 1915 diary commences on 23 November and describes the departure of 12th Reinforcements 5th Battalion from Melbourne, crossing the Equator, travelling up the Suez Canal, and the camp at Abbassis. The 1916 diary continues from Egypt until the move to England in June. In October Foreman was appointed as 2nd Lieutenant in the RFC and undertook a training course at Oxford. The 1917 diary commences with arriving at Gosport and having the "first flight in my life" on 4 January, the remainder of the diary which finishes on 13 July describes flying in England and then France. Foreman was killed in action the following day.
Tel-El-Kebir, Egypt. 1916-04-15. The tent of Lieutenant (Lt) Granado Walter Foreman at the base camp of the 5th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF). Lt Foreman, wearing a pith helmet, is seen l
Collection relating to the First World War diary of Lieutenant Eric Glendower Roberts, No 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps. Collection consists of an original handwritten diary covering embarkatio
Collection relating to the First World War service of 1187 Lieutenant Clarence Herbert Dakin, 5th Machine Gun Company, France. Collection consists of five detailed diaries covering service in Gallipo
Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant James Stuart Leslie Ross, No. 2 Squadron Australia Flying Corps [AFC]. Collection consists of original letters written by Ross to his f
Cavalry troops of 5th Battalion AIF during deployment in Egypt during World War 1. At right wearing a pith helmet is Lieutenant (Lt) Granado Walter Foreman. Lt Foreman transferred to the Royal Flying
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant John Hugh McKenzie, 20 Infantry Battalion, AIF, Egypt, France, England, Scotland, 1916-1918. Collection consists of six letters written by Lieutenant