Marsh was born in England and emigrated to Australia just before the First World War. Enlisting from Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, he saw service on the Western Front with the 51st Battalion. Marsh was captured in his first action at Continue reading
Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his actions during the Boer War, Harold ‘Pompey’ Elliott commanded the 7th Battalion in the fighting on Gallipoli, and then the 15th Brigade on the Western Front. Devoted to his troops and always concerned Continue reading
Born in Kyneton, Victoria, Joseph enlisted in early 1916. Almost immediately he went absent without leave, and a warrant for his arrest had him returned to camp. He continued to struggle with military discipline, and although he was a member Continue reading
David Austin (left) was an Englishman who had previously served with Australian forces during the Boer War. Austin was taken prisoner during a German trench raid on 5 May 1916, the first clash between Australian and German troops on the Continue reading
An Irish-born immigrant to Australia, O’Meara served on the Western Front and was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions at Pozières in August 1916. He was wounded on three separate occasions during his time in France, and upon returning Continue reading
The son of the second premier of Western Australia, Hugo Throssell (then a lieutenant) was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions at Hill 60 on Gallipoli in August 1915. Severely wounded in the engagement, he later suffered from cerebrospinal Continue reading
One of the most significant items at the Australian War Memorial is a uniform of the Australian Imperial Force. It was collected by Australia’s official historian of the Great War, Charles Bean, on 30 July 1918. Bean photographed Giles (left) Continue reading
Private Douglas Grant, 13th Battalion, was born into a traditional Aboriginal community in the Bullenden Kerr Ranges, Northern Queensland, in the early 1880s. In 1887 his parents and much of his Aboriginal community were killed in what was believed to Continue reading
