Front row far right 4521, WOII Francis Kane Hughes MSM 57th Battalion AIF Awarded Meritorious Service Medal – 17th Jan 1919 Valuable services rendered with the Armies in France and Flanders _______________________________________________________ National Archives – Service Record Further Reading – 57th Battalion Picture Source – Private
ARLAND, James Edmund MM
Back row far right 3007, Sergeant James Edmund Arland MM 57th Battalion AIF Awarded Military Medal – 17th December 1917 At Glenooree Wood during the period 25/26th Sept 1917. Sgt Arland showed great courage in the organisation of carrying parties under extremely heavy shell fire. Throughout
FORRESTER, George Arthur
Back row far left 4810, Sergeant George Arthur Forrester 57th Battalion AIF _______________________________________________________ National Archives – Service Record Further Reading – 57th Battalion Picture Source – Private
WALKER, Leonard Stanley DCM
Back row 2nd from the left 3295, Sergeant Leonard Stanley Walker DCM 57th Battalion AIF Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal – 3rd Sep 1918 For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. A party of the enemy was defending a house, and holding up our advance as we were clearing a village. Sergeant Walker, with a few
HICKS, Charles Henry
2430, Private Charles Henry Hicks 57th Battalion Killed in Action – 12th May, 1917 (Bullecourt, France) _______________________________________________________ ADFA Database National Archives – Service Record Australian War Graves Record Further Reading – 57th Battalion Picture Source – Tracey Dean
DARGATZ, Norman Francis
1904, Lance Corporal Norman Francis Dargatz 57th Battalion AIF Died of Wounds – 26th April 1918 _______________________________________________________ ADFA Database National Archives – Service Record Australian War Graves Further Reading – 57th Battalion Picture Source – Mapping Our Anzacs
LANGLEY, Ralph
1567, Lieutenant Ralph Langley 57th Battalion AIF _______________________________________________________ ADFA Database National Archives – Service Record Further Reading – 57th Battalion Picture Source – Mapping Our Anzacs
SHELTON, Leonard Frank
1555, Lance Sergeant Leonard Frank Shelton 24th Battalion AIF 57th Battalion AIF Killed in Action – 26th September 1917 _______________________________________________________ ADFA Database National Archives – Service Record Australian War Graves Further Reading – 24th Battalion Further Reading – 57th Battalion Picture Source – Mapping Our Anzacs
EDGAR, Walter Edmund Swan MC
676, Captain Walter Edmund Swan Edgar MC 8th Light Horse 57th Battalion Recommended for Military Cross Awarded Military Cross – 29th June, 1917 Citation: Not available _______________________________________________________ ADFA Database National Archives – Service Record Further reading – 8th Light Horse Further reading – 57th Battalion Picture Source – Australian War Memorial
ELLIOTT, Leslie William DSO
Captain Leslie William Elliott DSO 5th Battalion AIF 57th Battalion AIF Mentioned in Dispatches – 31st December, 1918 Recommended for Military Cross – 30th April, 1918 (Upgraded to Distinguished Service Order) Awarded Distinguished Service Order – 12th February, 1919 Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. His company was detailed to from the right flank
