3428, Corporal Charles Mitchell 31st Battalion AIF Flickr: c1916 – My grandfather (seated at back in uniform) on a friend’s Harley-Davidson before he left Australia during WW1. He was attached to the 31st Battalion and saw service in Europe before he was wounded in the 1917 Battle of Polygon Wood, near Ypres in Belgium. He
HOARE, Michael Joseph
112, Driver Michael Joseph HOARE 1st Field Artillery Brigade Flickr: Michael Joseph Hoare (soldier on left), my wife’s father, was a gunner in the Australian Army prior to joining the AIF (1st Field Artillery Brigade) in 1914. He served at Gallipoli, landing on the second day. He was badly wounded in France in August 1916
BRYANT, Lawrence Oliver
3705, Bombardier Lawrence Oliver Bryant 8th Battalion 6th Field Artillery Brigade Australian War Memorial: Studio portrait of 3705 Temporary Bombardier (T/Bdr) Laurence Oliver Bryant, AIF, and his brother Sergeant Arthur Alfred Bryant, British Territorial Army. Laurence Bryant arrived in Australia from England in 1913 and enlisted in the 8th Battalion in July 1915. He served
MERRINGTON, Ernest Northcroft
Chaplain Ernest Northcroft Merrington Chaplains’ Department Australian War Memorial: London, England, 1918. Studio portrait of Chaplain Ernest Northcote Merrington, a padre with the 1st AIF. (Original print housed in P run in AWM Archive Store) _______________________________________________________ ADFA Database National Archives – Service Record Picture Source – Trove
HAMILTON, John VC
943, 2nd Lieutenant John Hamilton VC 3rd Battalion AIF Awarded Victoria Cross – 24th February, 1916 ‘For most conspicuous bravery on 9th August, 915, in the Gallipoli Peninsula. During a heavy bomb attack by the enemy on the newly captured position at Lone Pine, Private Hamilton, with utter disregard to personal safety, exposed himself under
PRICHARD, Alice Marion MBE RRC
Sister Alice Marion Prichard MBE RRC 3rd Australian General Hospital Awarded Royal Red Cross 1st January 1919 Awarded The Order of the British Empire – Member (Civil) – 1st January 1951 Australian War Memorial: Portrait of Miss A M Prichard RRC, matron of 42nd British General Hospital which was one of the four hospitals at
COLLEY, Ralph Alexander
37395, Bombardier Ralph Alexander Colley 3rd Field Artillery Brigade AIF Died of Wounds – 29th September 1918 Australian War Memorial: Studio portrait of 37395 Bombardier (Bdr) Ralph Alexander Colley, 30th Reinforcements, Field Artillery Brigade (FAB), of Kiama, NSW. Prior to enlistment on 22 February 1917 in the AIF, he served with the 29th Infantry, Citizens
ALEXANDER, Louis
2700, Sapper Louis Alexander 7th Field Company Engineers AIF Australian War Memorial: Sydney, NSW, 1917-04-23. Studio portrait of 2700 Sapper Louis Alexander, 7th Company, Field Engineers, 1st AIF. (Original print held in AWM Archive Store) (Donor D. Gram) _______________________________________________________ ADFA Database National Archives – Service Record Picture Source – Trove
CREAL, Rose
Matron Rose Creal 14th Australian General Hospital Australian Army Nursing Service Australian War Memorial: PORTRAIT OF MATRON ROSE CREAL OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE (AANS), WHO WAS THE AIF PRINCIPAL MATRON, OPERATING WITH NO. 14 AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL (14AGH), ABBASSIA. (DONOR: P. MCCARTHY) _______________________________________________________ ADFA Database National Archives – Service Record Further Reading –
SMITH, Samuel Stanley
281, Private Samuel Stanley Smith 5th Light Horse Regiment AIF Killed in Action – 29th November 1915 Australian War Memorial: Pre-war studio portrait of 281Trooper (Tpr) Samuel Stanley Smith,5th Australian Light Horse Regiment, of Billinudgel, Brunswick River, NSW. A labourer before enlisting in the AIF in October 1914, Tpr Smith left Australia with the original
