The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 2666 Lance Corporal (LCpl) Clement Woolley, 52nd Battalion. A school teacher of Glen Huon, Tasmania, he enlisted on 13 July 1915 and sailed from Melbourne with the 8th Reinforcements on 10 September 1915 aboard SS Makarini. He was killed in action at Mouquet Farm, France, on 4 September 1916, aged 20. 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.
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 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
Group portrait of men in civilian clothes which was published in The Illustrated London News in 1916 with the following identifications: (1) C Matthews, 9th Battalion; (2) Robinson, 2 Worcestshire; (3
Studio portrait of 1144 Private (Pte) Clifford Gordon Cornwall, 16th Battalion. A labourer of Norwood, SA, he enlisted on 16 September 1914 and sailed from Melbourne on HMAT Ceramic with G Company, on
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
