The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 2112 Private (Pte) John Henry Melhuish, 6th Reinforcements, 8th Battalion, of Carlton, Vic, aged thirty eight. Pte Melhuish enlisted on 5 March 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Wandilla on 17 June 1915. On 21 August 1016, while serving in France, he received a gun shot wound to the head. On 6 October 1917 he was promoted to corporal and on 9 February 1918 he was appointed to sergeant. On 16 February 1918 he was awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre. His regimental number was changed to 1917 and he returned to Australia on 3 March 1919 as a member of the 1st Machine Gun Battalion. During the Second World War V11534 Pte Melhuish re-enlisted on 29 January 1941 and served with the 3rd Australian Garrison Brigade as a driver. He was promoted to corporal on 8 May 1942, and was discharged on 28 January 1943.
Studio portrait of 13954 Private (Pte) William Charles Heathershaw, Special Reinforcements, Army Medical Corps, of Carlton, Vic. Pte Heathershaw enlisted on 19 August 1915 and embarked from Melbourne
Studio portrait of 196 Corporal (Cpl) Oscar Anglesey Jones, 21st Battalion, of North Fitzroy, Vic. Cpl Jones enlisted on 11 March 1915. Later promoted to captain, he was awarded the French bravery
Studio portrait of 196 Corporal (Cpl) Oscar Anglesey Jones, 21st Battalion, of North Fitzroy, Vic. Cpl Jones enlisted on 11 March 1915. Later promoted to caption he was awarded the French bravery
Studio portrait of 3162 Private (Pte) Cecil Henry Wellington, 6th Field Ambulance, of Armadale, Vic, and three unidentified soldiers. Pte Wellington enlisted on 10 March 1915. On 13 January 1917 he jo
Studio portrait of 2232 (later 1796) Private (Pte) George Thomas Floate, 8th Battalion, of Ararat, Vic. Pte Floate enlisted on 19 April 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Wandilla on 17 June 1915. He was w
Studio portrait of 2232 (later 1796) Private (Pte) George Thomas Floate, 8th Battalion, of Ararat, Vic. Pte Floate enlisted on 19 April 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Wandilla on 17 June 1915. He was w
