War Graves at St Lawrence's Church, Stratford sub Castle, Wiltshire, England of which one is the resting place of Victor Thomas O'Grady, Roseworthy, S.A. Photo: Courtesy David Todd, St Lawrence's Church, Stratford sub Castle
Gawler's first six recruits for World War 1 Back Row: Arthur Robinson, Vernon Franklin, Leslie Howie Front Row: Arthur Beard, Cecil Hincks, Frank Scott
Officers Tunic Collar -
Description Remains of a proper right side Australian officer's tunic collar. Attached to it are a Rising Sun badge and three other badges to its right, reading '16 / INF'. Each badge has two lugs held in place, with the exception of the numeral '1', by split pins. The open edge of the collar bears a brass hook which would have have fastened into a corresponding eyelet on the other side of the collar. Summary: This piece of tunic collar was found on 10 January 1919 by Lieutenant William Hopkin James, who was working on Gallipoli, leading a small party from the Australian War Records Section, taking photographs and collecting items for the national collection. James found fragments of uniforms and bones in a gully between Quinn's Post and Dead Man's Ridge, leading up to the Bloody Angle. They were the remains of members of the 16th Battalion (Bn), who had attempted to extend the Australian line, to the left of Quinn's Post from 2 to 3 May 1915.
The 16th Bn landed at Gallipoli in the evening of 25 April 1915. Much of the battalion occupied the position that became known as Pope's Hill. They remained there until the evening of 30 April, when they were relieved by the 15th Bn and went to Rest Gully, where they spent time digging in to protect themselves from Turkish snipers.
On 2 May the battalion was ordered to the front line, to the left of Quinn's Post, where they were to advance to a position that was later called the Bloody Angle. The 13th Bn was to extend its line to the left, joining with the New Zealand Otago Bn, who were to attack Baby 700. The 15th Bn were to take part from Pope's Hill.
The attack took place in the evening of 2 May. After the bombardment of the Turkish positions ceased, the 16th Bn made their way up the steep side of the valley, towards the Bloody Angle. The Turks held their fire until the battalion reached the top of the ridge, then directed heavy fire opened on it, mostly from their positions at The Nek and the Chessboard. The battalion fought and dug in throughout the night, extending the trench line from Quinn's Post. Some of their men found an abandoned Turkish trench on the crest of the Bloody Angle and occupied it.
During the attack the Otago Bn failed to reach their objective at Baby 700 and were forced to dig in near The Nek. The 13th Bn positioned themselves on the other side of the gully, to the left of the 16th Bn, but each battalion was uncertain of each other's location and could not join up.
At dawn on 3 May, the New Zealanders withdrew under heavy fire and the Turks occupied their line. The Turks in front of the 16th Bn attacked, but were driven back. The 16th Btn then attempted to attack a Turkish position, from which heavy rifle fire was coming, but the Turks were alerted to the attack and their machine gun fire from Baby 700 raked the line. In addition, nearby Turks threw bombs and expended heavy fire on the men of the 16th Bn. The dead lay thickly between their respective positions.
As the sky lightened, the Turks crept through the scrub towards the 16th Btn and inflicted further heavy casualties. Although attempts were made to reinforce the 16th Btn, the Turkish fire made it impossible to reach them. The battalion gradually withdrew through the day, and the Turks took over their trench line. Having lost support from both their left and right flanks, the 13th Btn then withdrew during the night.
The 16th Btn suffered very high casualties at the Bloody Angle. Entering the action with 17 officers and 620 men, they lost eight officers and 330 men. The battalion's dead remained unburied until after the war, when their remains were recovered by the Graves Registration Unit and buried in the newly established Quinn's Post cemetery nearby.
When unit titles were introduced in September 1914, officers were instructed to wear the unit titles on their collars (beside their Rising Sun badges), while other ranks wore them on their shoulder straps. Several officers were killed at the Bloody Angle on 2 May. They were: Lieutenant Kieran Leopold Anderson, Lieutenant Ernest Otto Alfred Bruns, Second Lieutenant Harry James Burton, Lieutenant Cyril Arthur Geddes, Lieutenant William Buchanan Kerr, Captain James Miller and Captain Harold Alfred Southern. This collar came from one of their tunics.
16th Battalion
Group portrait of the officers of the 16th Battalion. Identified, left to right, back row: unidentified interpreter; Captain (Capt) Harold Alfred Southern, killed in action on 2 May 1915; Lieutenant (Lt) William Buchanan Kerr, killed in action on 2 May 1915; Capt Leslie Duncan Heming, killed in action on 8 August 1915; Lt John Kingsley Langsford; Lt William Ernest Elston; Lt Harry James Burton, killed in action on 2 May 1915; Lt Edwin Theodore Knight; possibly Lt Gordon Levason Curlewis. Middle row: Lt Alexander Peter Imlay; Lt Robert Balmain Blyth; Capt Eliazar Lazar Margolin; Capt Samuel Edward Townshend, killed in action on 9 May 1915; Lt Ross Harwood; Wilton (no further information); Lt Arthur Edward Carse, died of wounds on 2 May 1915; Habrel (no further information); Lt Ernest Otto Alfred Bruns, killed in action on 2 May 1915; Lt Frank Barnes Gladman; Lt Arthur Henry Torres Mountain, killed in action on 27 April 1915. Front row: Major Francis Bird Carter, killed in action on 27 April 1915; Major Edgar Kendall Baker; Kendrew (no further information); Tilney (no further information); Lieutenant Colonel Harrold Pope; McDonald (no further information); Hon Lt Thomas Gorman (Quartermaster); Major William Owen Mansbridge; Capt James Miller, killed in action on 2 May 1915; Lt Edmund Herman Kretchmar, killed in action on 6 May 1915. Lying in front: Lt Norman Henry Durston, died of wounds on 9 May 1915; Lt Cyril Arthur Geddes, killed in action on 2 May 1915; Lt Kieran Leopold Anderson, killed in action on 2 May 1915.
I have received the following email from Andrew Goff with the following information: The officer in the middle row identified as "Habrel" (no further information) is almost certainly Captain Francis George Chabrel, killed at Gallipoli by a sniper 7th August 1915. One of his brother's Edwin Gilbert Chabrel was a private in his Company and I believe served as his batman.
Officers 10th Infantry Battalion at Mena, Egypt - www.awm.gov.au P02321.005
Informal outdoors group portrait of several officers from the 10th Infantry Battalion at Mena Camp, Egypt on Christmas Day 1914. The officers are from left to right: Lieutenant (Lt) Vernon Hermann Robley from Gilberton, South Australia; Captain (Capt) Edward Castle Oldham from Hackney, South Australia (later Major) and killed in action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915); Lt Trevor Owen-Smyth from Adelaide, South Australia (later killed in action at Gallipoli on 6 May 1915); Capt George Ernest Redburg from Norwood, South Australia (later Maj); Maj Miles Fitzroy Beevor from Unley, South Australia (later Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col)) who is smoking a pipe; Capt Francis Maxwell de Frayer Lorenzo from Westbourne Park, South Australia (later Lt Col and awarded DSO), the Adjutant, who also has a pipe in his mouth; Capt Ross Blyth Jacob from Kadina, South Australia (later Lt Col) who is holding a cigarette in one hand and possibly a pair of binoculars in the other.
.No. 6 Australian Motor Transport Company - www.awm.gov.au E02921
A group portrait of members of No. 6 Australian Motor Transport Company, at the Company's Workshops at St Leger. Identified, positions unknown are: E. Hayes; Chas Watson; two Canadian personnel; 9339 Staff Sergeant Hugh Banks Dixon; 1545 Private Arthur Leslie Firman; H. Gadd; McKenzie; H. J. Rust; 6230 Driver William John Bone; and 3488 Corporal Albert Ernest Wailes.
Graves of Australian soldiers in the cemetery at Compton-Chamberlyne, each marked by a cross. Back row, left to right: 55821 Private (Pte) Alfred Alwin Dreckow, 32nd Battalion (Bn), died 19 October 1918; 3712 Pte Thomas Cass, 10th Bn, died 17 August 1918; 3764 Pte William Joseph Arnold, 31st Bn, died 2 July 1918; Captain Roy Allan Sillar, Australian Army Medical Corps, died 30 June 1918; 1993A Pte Sydney Ross, 18th Bn, died 31 May 1918. Front row: 1666 Sergeant Percy Robert Knowles, 9th Australian Light TM Battery, died 30 January 1918; 1995 Pte Thomas James Skipper, 51st Bn, died Fovant Military Hospital 7 January 1918; 687 Pte John Thomas Wehrmann, 32nd Bn, died 3 November 1917; 3462 Pte William Joseph Park, 60th Bn, died 23rd September 1917; 1725 Pte William Ernest Riley, 60th Bn, died 22 May 1917.
NCOs - 48th Battalion www.awm.gov.au E01786
Left to right, back row: 2924 Lance Corporal (LCpl) C. R. Hunter; 1621 LCpl R. R. West; LCpl Roe; 3703 LCpl E. C. Parkinson; 1985 LCpl H. V. Seekamp; 1870 Corporal (Cpl) Scott; 3939 Cpl F. W. Tornquist MM; 4552 Cpl S. Adcock; 2376 Cpl J. A. K. Tonkin; LCpl Shaw; 1706 Cpl C. E. Dennis; Cpl R. Harwood; 3763 Cpl R. H. Stephenson; 1721 Cpl R. Bovell; 3099 Cpl S. C. Mallyon; 3239 Cpl J. A. Barr; Cpl Whittaker; 1873 Cpl J. W. Hughes; 3769 Cpl J. F. Way; 2483 Cpl H. G. Mumme; 1912 Cpl D. Evans; LCpl A. E. Schammer; 3166 Cpl J. Pitt; 4848 LCpl A. Laker; 3103 LCpl H. W. Egan; 964 LCpl A. Court. Middle row: 1290 Sergeant (Sgt) A. W. Kingston; 4327 Sgt A. A. Roe; 3517 Cpl T. F. Taylor; 1758 Cpl J. A. Lewis; Sgt Kennedy; 674 Sgt A. A. Tubel; Sgt G. Polkinghorne MM; Sgt J. Kelman; 1790 Sgt J. Chandler; 4567 Sgt E. A. Beaton MM; 2661 Sgt K. E. Gibson MM; Sgt L. A. Rundle; 2864 Sgt C. P. Perryman; 4727 Sgt A. R. Barrington; 1306 Sgt R. A. Ford; 2925 Sgt W. Rickards; 4546 Cpl H. B. Lower; 4433 Cpl S. Whittington; 3710 LCpl F. W. Kelly; 1692 LCpl R. L. LeStrange; 4520 Cpl J. G. Slater; 3020 Cpl J. H. Chew; 3300 LCpl T. A. Price. Front row: 1685 Sgt F. J. Kamprod MM; 3300 Sgt T. A. Price; 2861 Sgt A. L. Crudace; 2795 Sgt F. Elkan; 791 Sgt F. A. Halliday MM; Staff Sergeant (SSgt) S. Fish; Company Quartermaster Sergeant (CQMS) F. Rochow; 2338 CQMS J. Chamberlain; CSM H. Whittle MM; 564 CSM T. Reid DCM; 553 Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) A. H. Baker DCM; 149 RQMS A. G. Crammond; CQMS B. O. Henning; 5247 CQMS G. Young; 2435 CQMS J. G. Usher; Sgt L. K. Turner; 7858 Sgt C. H. Alcorn MM; 2251 Sgt J. W. Strugnell; 1148 Sgt J. H. Croger; Sgt Bates; 1968 Sgt A. A. Barber MM; 5841 Sgt B. T. Knapp; Sgt Woods MM; 477 Sgt W. G. Hewson; 3261 LCpl F. J. Fisher.
Nurses 1st Australian General Hospital - www.awm.gov.au E03440
Group portrait of the Nursing Staff of the 1st Australian General Hospital (1AGH). Left to right, back row: Staff Nurse (SN) M. Knight; SN A. Bowtell; SN A. B. Tapp; SN V. C. Dobson; Sister (Sr) D. J. L. Newton ARRC; Sr A. E. Jackson; Sr N. O'C. Walsh; Sr E. E. M. Doepke; Sr C. C. McSpedden; Sr M. Bentley; Sr A. E. McIntyre; Sr B. M. Gibbings. Third row: SN G. A. Morton; SN M. J. G. Wilson; SN F. Kay; SN E. Beagley; SN D. T. Henry; SN F. M. Auld; Sr M. G. Dwyer; Sr A. Hewlett; Sr E. McClelland; Sr E. J. Garven; Sr E. A. Perry; Sr N. B. McKay; Sr M. A. Bromley; Sr E. Hooker; Sr M. H. Matthews; Sr L. M. Burke; Sr E. H. O'Reilly; Sr N. Row; SN C. Mackley; SN A. A. Morehead; SN S. J. Proctor. Second row: Sr T. N. K. Ritchie; Sr H. Morris; Sr M. Oglethorpe; Sr E. M. J. Graham; Sr L. S. Powell; Sr M. E. Cullen; Sr W. A. Newell; Sr A. E. Shadforth; Sr E. D. Smith; Sr E. G. Dobson; Head Sr E. M. Menhennett ARRC; Matron Miss E. Cornwell RRC; Head Sr A. Kidd Hart ARRC; Sr G. A. Grewar; Sr G. M. Doherty ARRC; Sr C. O'Connor; Sr S. C McDonald; Sr E. Geoghegan ARRC; Sr A Kemp ARRC; Sr M. D. Edis; SN F. E. Harte. Front row: Sr B. E. Williams; SN J. G. Francis; SN S. R. Francis; Sr R. B. Just; SN M. Nisbet; SN L. Creasy; SN M. B. Donaldson; Sr E. Pullar; Sr E. Blythe Clark; Sr L. Riley; Sr A. Searl; SN A. R. Alleyn; SN G. W. Cadle; SN J. P. Down; SN S. L. Copley; SN S. A. Kirkham; SN K. M. Taylor.
Gawler Red Cross Fund raising badge - www.awm.gov.au REL39116
Circular pressed tinplate badge with a celluloid face and a pin attachment to the reverse. The words 'Gawler Red Cross 1918' appear in red around the circumference within a narrow red border, enclosing a design of a black cat, titled 'Just For Luck'. The whole design appears against a gold background. Summary Fundraising badge produced for the Gawler Red Cross. Such badges were sold in trams, buses, at railways stations and at rallies to raise money for the stated cause. This example is associated with the Red Cross at Gawler, South Australia, and introduces an element of whimsey with the lucky black cat. The South Australian Red Cross raised 256,465 pounds during the war.
Nurses 2nd Australian General Hospital - www.awm.gov.au EO2116
Group portrait of nurses of the 2nd Australian General Hospital, outside their quarters. Back row, left to right: Sister E. P. Wright; Sister A. Roche; Staff Nurse (S/N) G. Small; Sister K. Walsh; Sister M. Hubbard; Sister A. Guest; S/N A. L. Faulkner; Sister J. Gant. Middle row: S/N E. Moorhouse (died of sickness 24 November 1918); Sister A. Priestley; Head Sister E. Cuthbert; Sister A. M. Tait; Sister A. Dorrington; Sister M. Livingston; Sister E. J. Whiting; Sister S. Colless; Sister B. Cresswick; Sister E. W. King; Sister E. Buchanan; Sister C. L. Potter; Sister E. Birkin; Sister E. White; Sister F. Laird; Head Sister B. Williams; Sister E. Walsh. Front row (sitting): Sister H. E. Milne; Sister E. Murphy; Sister B. Crago; Sister A. J. Mackenzie; Head Sister M. Ashton; Sister W. Fillans; Matron E. Gray; Staff Nurse G. Turnley; Sister J. Burns; Sister J. Simpson; Sister D. L. Ellis; Sister E. M. Ellis; Sister E. J. Imlay.
4th Machine Gun Company - www.awm.gov.au P02670.018
La Carone, France. 23 July 1917. Officers of the 4th Australian Machine Gun Company enjoying a lunch break during a ten mile route march from their rest camp at Vieux Berquin to La Motte via Foret de Nieppe. The soldiers swam at a lock in the nearby Canal de Nieppe before lunch. Identified, back row, left to right: unknown, Lieutenant (Lt) Alexander Pettit, Captain Arthur Lewis Langborne, Lt John H. Kennare, 2nd Lt Frederick Hicks. Front row: unknown, Lt Hopkins (probably Paul Williams Hopkins MC) and Lt Wright. (Donor H. Kennare)
Messines, Belgium. 8 June 1917. Officers of the 4th Australian Machine Gun Company eating breakfast in a reserve near Messines, during the Battle of Messines which started on 7 June 1917. They moved to the front line after dark. Identified, left to right: Lieutenant (Lt) Pettit (with white armband), Captain Mitchell MC (reclining), Lt Clouston (obscured) and Lt John H. Kennare. (Donor H. Kennare)
www.awm.gov.au P02670.011
4th Machine Gun Company - www.awm.gov.au P02670.004
Neuf Berquin, France. 20 May 1917. Officers of the 4th Australian Machine Gun Company helping two women from a local farm sow beans in fields a few miles from the front line across the border in Belgian Flanders. Identified service personnel are (left to right): Lieutenant (Lt) John Kennare (far left), Lt Garner (with hoe), Lt Headlam and Lt Hopkins (with basket). (Donor H. Kennare)
GAWLER BOYS - www.awm.gov.au P08264.001
_Informal portrait of ten soldiers, all "Gawler Boys" aboard the
troopship HMAT Commonwealth (A73). Top row from left to right: 2594
Private (Pte) Goodwin John Draper, 5th Pioneer Battalion, of Gawler, SA;
2705 Pte Frederick Roberts, 5th Pioneer Battalion of Culburra, SA;
unidentified; 2434 Pte Harry Stewart, 5th Pioneer Battalion, of Gawler,
SA, killed in action at Bapaume, France, on 11 April 1917. Middle row
left to right: 2605 Pte George William Gwynne, 5th Pioneer Battalion, of
Gawler, SA; unidentified; possibly 2682 Pte Joseph Williams, 5th
Pioneer Battalion, of Port Adelaide, SA. Front row left to right:
possibly 2425 Pte Harold Ernest Johnson, 5th Battalion of South Welland,
SA; possibly 2448 Pte (wearing Corporal's stripes) Hector Roy
MacKenzie, 50th Battalion, of St Peter, SA; 2687 Pte John Lawrence
Tierney, 5th Pioneer Battalion, of Gawler, SA. The group embarked from
Adelaide on 21 September 1916 and arrived in Plymouth, England, on 14
November 1916. Several of the soldiers were from the town of Gawler,
SA. On the back of the photograph is written: " 'Gawler Boys' per
Commonwealth 21.9.16 "
_Group portrait of the officers of the 10th Battalion at Neuve Eglise,
Belgium. Identified from left to right, back row: Lieutenant (Lt)
Charles Reddie Allanson from Elsternwick, Victoria (later awarded MC and
MSM); Lt Philip Arthur Singleton from Glebe, NSW; Lt Richard Graham
Smith MC from Unley, South Australia; Lt Arthur Hedley Goode, from
Adelaide, South Australia; Lt Robert Armytage Paxton from Fitzroy, South
Australia; Lt Cleve James Scott MC from Gawler, South Australia (killed
in action in France on 22 July 1918); Lt George Sidney Lightbody MC
from Norwood, South Australia; Lt William Harvey Blake from Brompton,
South Australia; Lt Cyril John Paisley from Bunbury, Western Australia;
Lt Alfred Thomas Hill MC from Adelaide (died of wounds in France on 30
May 1918); and Lt Frederick James Stanley Mead MC DCM from Semaphore,
South Australia (later promoted Captain). Middle row: Lt Wilfred Drew
Sharland MC from Unley Park, South Australia; Lt John Morris McInerney
from Mt Gambier, South Australia (killed in action in France on 28 July
1918); Lt William McDonald Perry, Quartermaster from Deep Lead,
Victoria; Lt Edward Laurence Angove, Signal Officer from Brighton, South
Australia (killed in action in France on 23 August 1918); Lt Ferdinand
James William Schneider from Glenelg, South Australia; Lt Francis Ernest
Pennington MC DCM from Carlton, Victoria; Lt Arthur Limb, Transport
Officer from Gawler, South Australia; Lt John Gladstone Sinclair from
North Adelaide (later promoted Captain); Lt Michael Penrose Gatliff from
Camberwell, Victoria; Lt Thomas Leo Corcoran from Mt Gambier (later
awarded MC and died of wounds in France on 30 May 1918); Lt Cecil Claude
Marcellin Chabrel from Adelaide; Lt Keith Grant from Adelaide; and Lt
John William Searcy from Adelaide (later awarded MC). Front row: Lt Carl
Fritz Stanton Jorgensen, Assistant Adjutant from Wayville, South
Australia; Captain (Capt) William Howard Perry MC from Broken Hill, NSW;
Reverend Chaplain Edward Makeham, Padre from Perth, Western Australia;
Major (Maj) Horace Norman Henwood from Goodwood, South Australia (killed
in action in Belgium on 1 March 1918); Maj George Dorricutt Shaw,
Commanding Officer from Hindmarsh, South Australia; Capt Walter Gordon
Cornish MC, Adjutant from Adelaide (later awarded French Croix de
Guerre); Maj Sydney Vere Appleyard DSO, Medical Officer from Sydney,
NSW; Capt Hector Roy Heming from North Adelaide; Capt Alexander Henry
MacDonald from Wayville, South Australia; and Lt James Davidson MC from
Port Pirie, South Australia (later promoted Capt).
Ex Prisoners of War - www.awm.gov.au P01981.047
_Outdoor portrait of a group of seven Australian ex-Prisoners of War
(POW) in the grounds of Tooting Military Hospital, England after
repatriation from POW camps in Germany. Identified standing on the far
left is 987 Private (Pte) Cyril Claude Stewart, 27th Battalion, from
Burra, South Australia, who enlisted at the age of 19 on 16 January
1915. He was wounded in the right arm and captured at Fleurs, France, on
5 November 1916, repatriated via Holland to England in January 1918 and
arrived back in Australia on 5 July 1918. Standing second from the left
is probably 2293 Pte Victor George Rae, 48th Battalion, from Gawler,
South Australia who enlisted at the age of 28 on 30 March 1916. He was
wounded and captured on 11 April 1917, repatriated to England and
returned to Australia in early 1918. Standing third from the left is 119
Sergeant (Sgt) Lewis Winchester Marshall, 28th Battalion who enlisted
at the age of 22 on 15 February 1915 and served at Gallipoli. He was
shot in the right shoulder and captured at Pozieres, France, on 28 June
1916, repatriated via Holland to England in January 1918 and arrived
back in Australia on 8 August 1918. Standing second from the right is
1872 Pte Thomas Morley, 51st Battalion, from Geraldton, Western
Australia who enlisted at the age of 22 on 3 March 1915 and served at
Gallipoli. He was shot in the right arm and captured at Mouquet Farm,
France, on 3 September 1916, repatriated to England in January 1918 and
arrived back in Australia on 20 May 1918. Standing on the far right is
6551 Pte Albert Thomas Lord, 13th Battalion from Sydney, NSW who
enlisted at the age of 20 on 5 January 1916. He was wounded and
captured at Bullecourt, France, on 11 April 1917, repatriated to England
where he had his right hand amputated and arrived back in Australia on
12 June 1918. Identified seated on the left is 3879 Sgt John Sewell
Tomlinson, 15th Battalion, from South Brisbane, Queensland who enlisted
at the age of 24 on 23 September 1915. He was severely wounded and
captured at Bullecourt on 11 April 1917 and had the toes on his right
foot amputated. He was repatriated to England in January 1918 where he
had his right foot amputated and he arrived back in Australia on 28
September 1918. Sitting on the right is 4626 Pte Thomas Francis Brown,
53rd Battalion, from Sydney, NSW who enlisted at the age of 19 on 24
August 1915. He was wounded in the head, right arm and legs, and
captured at Le Transloy, France, on 14 March 1917. Pte Brown was
repatriated via Holland to England in January 1918 and arrived back in
Australia on 1 February 1919.
13th Trench Mortar Battery - ww.awm.gov.au E01743
_Group portrait of the 13th Trench Mortar Battery. Left to right, back
row: 1762 A. King; 3255 W. Butler; 537 A. E. Franks; 1655 E. L. Carlyon;
32492 P. Fitzerald; 3271 S. W. Coombs MM; 27141 W. Ritchie; 23267 G. L.
Hyne; 3757 H. G. Barlow MM; 31590 Pte J. G. Forgie (killed in action 26
April 1918 at Villers-Bretonneux); 2671 E. Haynes; 1044 J. J. Kelly.
Middle row: 2332 W. H. Bell; 2871 Corporal (Cpl) C. B. Muir; 3763 Cpl J.
Marshall; 852 S. Higgins; 3126 W. R. Mitchell; 2763 A. Greenhill; 31935
R. E. Woolcock MM; 2010A Pte Arthur Reginald Willsmore; 2011 Pte Neax
Carlyle Willsmore (died of disease 22 October 1918); 3553 H. E.
Duckworth; 3130 Driver (Dvr) L. J. Townsend; 5123 Dvr S. J. List; 374
Dvr E. C. J. Byrne; 2225 Cpl R. V. Cairns; 31904 W. N. Woolcock MM.
Front row: 1728 A. J. Sherlock; 3101 M. L. Ickeringill; 3486 Cpl J. G.
Bradford; 1864 Cpl G. T. Blake MM; 3510 Cpl R. C. Stuart; Captain (Capt)
C. O. Long, Officer Commanding the Battery; Lieutenant (Lt) C. W.
Thomas; 3759 Cpl H. Osman (Acting Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant);
3489 Cpl J. C. Bitton; 1812 Cpl W. T. Stuart; 2729 Cpl R. C. Summers;
3293A J. Tennant; 1775 M. H. Hibberd; 2366 A. Calderwood. Note the dog
in the front row.
7th Battalion - www.awm.gov.au E01814
Group portrait of officers of the 7th Battalion. Left to right, back row: Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) John Hamilton Hamblett (killed in action 9 August 1918); Lieutenant (Lt) Roy Anderson; Lt Maurice Victor Crowe; Lt Kenneth George Banks (died of disease 3 March 1919); Lt (later Captain) Hewlett James Wright; Lt (later Captain) Thomas Patrick O'Connor; Lt George Benson Russell; 2nd Lt Keith Mervyn Purbrick; Lt (later Captain) Harold Henry Young; Lt Douglas George Phillips MC; Lt Herbert Nixon. Middle row; Lt Vincent Robert Dickinson; 2nd Lt Rupert Benjamin Purbrick (killed in action 9 August 1918); Lt M G Gauthier (French interpreter); Lt Ernest George Robb; 2nd Lt Walter Edward Lane; Lt George Leopold Trotman (died of wounds 17 April 1918); Lt Albert Edmund Beech; Lt Francis John Smedley (died of wounds 20 August 1918); Lt Frederick Bryce Gaulton; Lt Robin William Swallow; Lt Thomas John Ross (killed in action 9 August 1918); Lt Thomas Arthur Jardine; Lt Kenneth Richard Jarvie. Front row: Captain (Capt) Douglas Lewis Barlow MC (Medical Officer); Lt Eric Woodruff Hill; Lt Oliver John Harris MC (Adjutant); Lieutenant Colonel Ernest Edward Herrod CMG DSO (Commanding Officer); Major (Maj) Claude Hibbert Swift; Capt James Frederick Bowtell-Harris MC; Maj Hector Ernest Bastin MC.
Souvenir of Egypt - www.awm.gov.au REL44203
Description Diamond shaped yellow and pink cotton sateen souvenir of Egypt. The embroidery is machine-chain stitched and features a stencilled Australian coat of arms as a centre piece with a filled orange kangaroo and a black and white emu. Above the arms in a cursive font is 'Souvenir of Egypt 1916' and beneath is 'Advance Australia' in a stencilled green scroll. Beneath the scroll in green stitch is 'From Arthur to Dear Mother'. The souvenir has a gold metallic braided border. Summary:This souvenir was purchased by Private Bruce Arthur Tudor of 23 and 58 Battalion, A.I.F. Born at Gawler, South Australia in 1885, Tudor was a butcher when he enlisted as private 3266 in the A.I.F on 10 July 1915. He embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT 'Commonwealth' with 7th reinforcements, 23 Battalion on 26 November 1915. He arrived at Alexandria in Egypt in late 1915 and would have purchased this souvenir for his mother during the months he spent in Egypt when he was granted leave. These types of souvenirs were very popular with Australian troops serving in the Middle East, as they were colorful, easy to send home and could be easily personalised with a date and message.
Tudor was transferred to 58 Battalion in February 1916 in Egypt during the expansion of the A.I.F. He was admitted to hospital with a hernia in Egypt on 1 April 1916 and returned to his unit. Unable to recover he was readmitted to hospital on several occasions, when it was decided he required surgery. He was returned to Australian for an operation on 10 June 1916, and discharged on medical grounds on 11 December.