The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Portrait of 1200 Lance Corporal (LCpl) George Herbert Hampton Brisco, 28th Battalion. Born at Wandsworth, England, he was a member of the Territorial Force Richmond, Surrey, England. He emigrated to Australia at the age of 16 years and became a farmer of Babakine, WA, where he enlisted on 27 February 1915 and sailed from Fremantle with the 28th Battalion on HMAT Ascanius on 29 June 1915. He was killed in action on 29 July 1916, aged 21, at Pozieres in the Somme area of France and is commemorated on panel 112, of the Villers Bretonneux Memorial, France. This photograph is from an Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau file. The Bureau, which commenced operation in October 1915, sought to identify, investigate and respond to enquiries made regarding the fate of Australian personnel. It investigated the majority of personnel posted as wounded and missing on official Army lists, as well as written enquiries from concerned relatives and friends. Approximately 32,000 individual case files were opened for Australian personnel who were reported as wounded or missing during the First World War. The Bureau employed searchers to operate both at the front and in Britain. They searched official lists of wounded and missing, interviewed comrades of missing soldiers in hospitals and wrote to men on active service. Altogether 400,000 responses were sent back to those who placed enquiries with the Bureau.
Portrait of 4347 Private (Pte) Cyril Hughes, 7th Battalion. A labourer of Beechworth, Victoria, he enlisted on 17 July 1915 at Springhurst, Victoria, and sailed from Melbourne with the 13th Reinforcem
Studio portrait of 162 Sergeant Reginald Spurgeon Blamey, 14th Battalion. A crockery packer of Albert Park, Victoria, he enlisted on 9 September 1914 and sailed with the 14th Battalion aboard HMAT Uly
Studio portrait of 977 Lance Corporal (LCpl) Arthur Price, 6th Battalion. Born in Birkenhead, England, he enlisted on 17 August 1914 in West Melbourne, Victoria and sailed with H Company on 19 October
Studio portrait of 2007 Private (Pte) Hillary Austin Pike, 3rd Battalion. A trapper of Tumut, NSW, he enlisted on 15 January 1915 and sailed from Sydney with the 5th Reinforcements on 13 April 1915 ab
Studio portrait of 2481 Private (Pte) John Ralph Wright, 60th Battalion. Pte Wright, of Kew, Vic, enlisted on 28 May 1915. Later promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal, Wright was killed in action in
Studio portrait of 2252 Private (Pte) Wilfred Arthur Taylor, 10th Battalion, holding a bugle. A motor mechanic and cycle builder of Narracoorte, SA, he enlisted on 22 April 1915 and sailed with the 6t
