The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Portrait of members of the 2nd Battalion at Mena Camp, Egypt. Identified is Major (Maj) Robert Scobie (5th from left) of Maitland, NSW, second in command of the 2nd Battalion. Maj Scobie enlisted on 27 August 1914 and embarked from Sydney, NSW, on 18 October 1914 aboard transport HMAT Suffolk (A23). He was wounded on 26 April 1915, but soon returned to his Battalion. He was promoted to Colonel and commanded the 2nd Battalion. He is mentioned in despatches three times for his coolness and resource in the face of violent counter attacks at Lone Pine where he was killed on 6 August 1915. Maj Scobie had ordered the retirement of several detached posts and was above the parapet off a sap throwing a bomb, when he fell back dead.
Studio portrait of Major (Maj) Charles George Gordon, 2nd Battalion, of Inverell, NSW, formerly of Kingstown, Ireland. A grazier prior to enlisting in May 1914, he embarked from Sydney on board HMAT
Studio portrait of private (later 2nd Lieutenant (2 Lt)) Edward Roland Egan, 2nd Battalion, of Kempsey, NSW. Egan enlisted on 27 August 1914 and embarked from Sydney, NSW, aboard transport HMAT Suffol
Outdoor portrait of Captain (Capt) Harold Leslie Nash; Capt Garnet Wollesley Brown; Lieutenant (Lt) Harold Pryor Barton, all of the 2nd Battalion, who embarked from Sydney, NSW, on 18 October 1914 ab
Mounted studio portrait of 41 Private (Pte) Leslie Clift Foster. A clerk from Maitland, NSW, Pte Foster enlisted on 31 August 1914 and embarked with the 2nd Battalion, A Company, aboard HMAT Suffolk (
Outdoor informal portrait of members of the 2nd Battalion at Mena camp, Egypt. Identified is Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) George Frederick Braund VD, a native of England. Lt Col Braund enlisted on 17 A
Informal outdoor portrait of 41 Private (Pte) Leslie Clift Foster with an unidentified civilian. A clerk from Maitland, NSW, Pte Foster enlisted on 31 August 1914 and embarked with the 2nd Battalion,