The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection relating to the service of 1972A Lance Corporal Herbert Hurtle Morphett, 51 Battalion, Gallipoli, Egypt, France, 1915-1918. Collection consists of: a diary kept by Lance Corporal Morphett, between 1915 and January 1918, (short entries only, little detail); two letters from Lance Corporal Morphett to his mother; a letter from Elsie H Millet of West Guilford [WA], to Miss Stella Morphett; two studio portraits of Miss Stella Morphett (sister of Lance Corporal Herbert Hurtle Morphett); four British railway tickets.
Biographical note: 1972A Lance Corporal Herbert Hurtle Morphett, 51 Battalion, who on 25 April 1918 was killed in action at Villers Bretonneux. Other biographical details concerning him are: farmer, of Bruce Rock, Western Australia; born Peterborough, South Australia; educated at Subiaco (WA) State School; served in the senior cadets, CMF; was a clerk in the Subiaco Municipal Council for a time; enlisted in the AIF on 23 June 1915; served in Gallipoli, Egypt and France. Age at time of death 21 years 5 months. Son of Albert Ernest and Edith Morphett, of Kumminin, Bruce Rock, Western Australia. Born at Peterborough, South Australia.
Collection relating to the service of 340 Lance Corporal Arthur Hurtle Morphett, 32 Battalion, AIF. Collection consists of biographical details only. Biographical note: 340 Lance Corporal Arthur H
Portrait of 1972A Lance Corporal Herbert Hurtle Morphett, 51st Battalion. Farmer from Bruce Rock, Western Australia. Killed in action at Villers-Bretonneux 25 April 1918, aged 21. Note the "A" badge,
Collection relating to the service of Lance Corporal Herbert Gordon Akhurst, 20 Battalion, Bapaume, France 1917. Extracts from letter of 23 March 1917 describe working under the Town Hall in Bapaume
Collection relating to the service of 6545 Lance Corporal Herbert Evans, 25 Battalion, England and France, 1917. Collection includes a book of lecture notes compiled by Evans while at Kandahar Barrac
Collection relating to service of Captain Charles Stanley Dawkins, 51 Battalion, France, 1916. Collection includes a diary covering Dawkins' training in Egypt and active service in France. Biograph
Collection relating to service of 3110 Lance Corporal William James Blake, 46 Battalion, France, 1917. Collection includes letters written home to family in Australia. Biographical note: 3110 Lance