The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Lithographic portrait of 3524 Private (Pte) Rupert Gustave Quist, 53rd Battalion. Pte Quist of Wollongong, NSW, enlisted on 29 July 1915. He was reported missing in action in France and later confirmed as killed on 19 July 1916. Pte Quist was one of the soldiers involved in the Attack at Fromelles, which began on the morning of 19 July 1916. It was the first serious engagement of the Australian forces in France, and the only one to fail. The action was broken off on the morning of 20 July, after the 5th Australian Division had lost over 5,000 officers and men. Pte Quist is buried in V.C. Corner Cemetery, which contains the graves of over 400 Australian soldiers who died in the Attack at Fromelles.
Studio portrait of 3007 Private (Pte) William John McInerney, 6th Battalion, later transferred to the 59th Battalion, of Mordialloc, Vic. A driver prior to enlistment he embarked with the 10th Reinfor
Studio portrait of 3462 (3462A) Private (Pte) Arthur Turner, 3rd Battalion (later 53rd Battalion). An electrician from Petersham, New South Wales, Arthur Turner enlisted with his older brother 3455 P
Studio portrait of 3007 Private (Pte) Vinton 'Vin' Battam Baker, of Kogarah, NSW. An iron moulder before enlisting in August 1915, Pte Baker left Australia for Egypt with the 7th Reinforcements of the
Studio portrait of 2639 Private (Pte) Cecil Woods Giblett, 23rd Battalion, of Portarlington, Vic. A farmer prior to enlistment he embarked from Melbourne with the 6th Reinforcements on board HMAT Ulys
Studio portrait of 2944 Private William Hugh Robertson, 1st (later 53rd) Battalion of Wollongong, NSW. A grocer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Argyllshire (A8) on 3 September
Studio portrait of 3455 Private (Pte) Harry Turner, 3rd Battalion (later 53rd Battalion). A sawyer from Petersham, New South Wales, Harry Turner enlisted with his younger brother 3462A Pte Arthur Tur
