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Reference image only to provide position detail for those named. This image is not for sale. Group portrait of the men of the 6th and 8th Battalions making their way under shell fire from the trenches near Railway Wood, in the Ypres Sector. Identified are: 442 Sergeant (Sgt) Robert Alexander McLean from Beeac, Victoria (1); unidentified (2); 1639 Sgt Percy Gye Flemington, Victoria (3); 1423 Private (Pte) Henry John Streets from Portsmouth, UK (4); 4444 Pte Thomas Alexander Brown from Golden Square, Victoria (5); 5208 Pte Eric Clinton Teague from Bendigo, Victoria (6); 3800 Sgt Arthur Ronald Holloway from Chiltern, Victoria (7); 4615 Pte Matthew Trewhella from Bendigo (8); unidentified (9); unidentified (10); 131 Pte E M Hughes, Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) (11); unidentified (12); 5088 Pte H J Floate, RGA (13); unidentified (14); unidentified (15); unidentified (16); 5246 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) James Callil Ferry from Carlton, Victoria (17); unidentified (18); L Cpl Benjamin Crosby from Richmond, Victoria [killed in action in Belgium 8 July 1916] (19); 2936 Corporal (Sgt) John Thomas Pinchen MM from South Melbourne, Victoria(20); 5454 Pte David Styles from Hamilton, Victoria (21); 7150 L Cpl Harold James Gray from Parkville, Victoria (22); 3115 Sgt Bernard Gordon Murphy from West Melbourne (23); 5107 Pte Herbert Edward Hellyer from Cavendish, Victoria (24); unidentified (25); 6728 L Cpl Reginald Miller Cullen from Temora, NSW (26); Lieutenant John Gibson Pitt from Surrey, UK (27); 5443 L Cpl Samuel Redmayne from Alexandra, Victoria (28); Captain Alexander George Campbell DSO from Sandringham, Victoria (29); 3831 Sgt Leslie Gordon Kittle MM from Shepparton, Victoria (30); 2017 Pte David Owen MM from North Melbourne (31); 1111 Sgt Jack John Jorgenson from Hawthorn, Victoria (32); 2423 Pte Arthur Leslie Beachcroft from Moonee Ponds, Victoria (33); Pte Trevalla [possibly 2166 Pte John Rowe Travers from Werribee, Victoria (34); 354 Sgt Allan Couper Robertson from Leongatha, Victoria (35); unidentified (36); 1839 Pte William John Thomas from Geelong, Victoria (37); 2448 Pte Albert James Radley from Dunkeld, Victoria (38); 4306 Pte Blain Stanley Skinner from Albert Park, Victoria (59).

The 102nd Howitzer Battery, Australian Field Artillery using 4.5 inch Q.F. Howitzers, in action in a wheat field on the morning of the start of the advance. Left to right: Gunner (Gnr) T. F. McDermott (1); Gnr C. E. Brasington (2); Gnr George Brasington (3); Bombardier (Bdr) C. R. Newton (4); Corporal (Cpl) G. Moysey (5); Gnr L. C. Bennison (6); Lieutenant (Lt) L. C. Wade (7); Lt Heppingstone (8); Bdr D. J. McAlister (9); Gnr W. H. Whitburn (10); Sergeant (Sgt) J. H. Cooper (11); Gnr J. A. Riley (12); Gnr W. Campbell (13); Bdr H. F. Renton (14); Gnr W. N. McCallum (15); Sgt J. Shingles (16); Lt N. J. Delaney (17); Bdr E. T. Green (18); Gnr Dyson-Holland (19); Gnr F. Renton (20); Major D. Toomey (21).

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Another Frank Hurley image of the crew of a 9.2 inch Howitzer of the 55th Siege Battery, at night in gas masks loading their gun. The soldier in the foreground is holding a long rod mop with which the chamber and bore are swabbed between rounds to eliminate any burning residue

The 54th Siege Battery in action in support of the Third Ypres campaign in September 1917. The guns are 8 inch howitzers, the shells for which have been shipped in by light rail right to the gun position. This is one of a series of photographs taken by Official War Photographer Frank Hurley.

Family dedication to Cpl Herbert (Bert) Andrew Smythe on the Bullecourt Petit Croix

The Smythe Boys 1912 L to R Vernon Erle Smythe (Capt MC, 3rd Bn), Herbert Andrew Smythe (Cpl, KIA 3/5/1917, Bullecourt ii) Percy Smythe (2nd Lt, 24th Bn, MC), Edward Vivian Smythe (Major, 17th Bn, MC+Bar)

PTE B.M. HARKIN, MEDICAL ORDERLY, 106 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION (1), DRESSING THE WOUND OF PTE A.J. BASSETT, 8 INFANTRY BATTALION (2).

A GROUP OF SISTERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE, 106 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- SISTER G. PARKINSON (1); SISTER G. THOMAS (2); SISTER D.A. NEWTON (3); SISTER E.M. FINLAYSON (4); SISTER E.M. SAUNDERS (5).

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=8328172

https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article141344230>.

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1944064

https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=670554&c=WW2

https://aviationmuseumwa.org.au/afcraaf-roll/stoeckel-oswald-ian-417529/

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Memorial Panel RSL Memorial Hall Ground Floor

Crimerian Cannons

Crimerian Cannons

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 12 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 20 July 1916'. Note on Red Cross File No 920705: 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills, 10.10.19.'