Photographs and Lives of the Fallen

" Qui jrocul liine, qui ante diem sed miles, sed firo jiatria. '

Photographs and Livés of the Fallen

17 SIGNALLER J. P. ATKINSON, son of Mrs. Atkinson, St. Kilda, besides attending Architectural classes at the Engineer- ing School, completed a course of instruction with the I.C.S. He was articled to H. Black, Esq., of Melbourne, for four years.

He enlisted in June, 1915, and landed in Egypt on 27th October. For some time he was at a Signal School at Zeitoun, where he gained an excellent certificate of proficiency. Some time later he was transferred to the 46th Battalion, and arrived with this unit in France in June, 1916. After a year's continuous service in the trenches he was sent to the 2nd Army Signal School, Cassel, where he gained an assistant instructor's certificate. He then rejoined his battalion, and whilst on tem- porary duty at Brigade Headquarters he was killed on the night of 10th November, 1917.

18 SIGNALLER J. P. ATKINSON.

D 19 CAPTAIN EDWARD FREDERICK ROBERT BAGS, 3rd Field Company Engineers, was the only son of the late Edward Bage, Merchant, of Melbourne. He was born on 17th April, 1888, and entered the Church of England Grammar School in Melbourne in 1900, where he obtained the Witherby Scholarship in 1901. He left the Grammar School in 190.4 with first-class honours in Physics at Matriculation and a Wardens' Scholarship to Trinity College, Mel- bourne, where he went into residence during his University course. He obtained first-class honours in Chemistry and an Exhibition in Surveying in 1905, and completed the Civil Engineering course in 1909, taking the degree of Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Melbourne University, in 1910. During his studentship he was hon. secretary of the Students' Representative Council at an early stage of its existence, and constantly took .a full share in the social side of University life. He rowed in his College eight. He began his military career in 1909 as 2nd lieutenant in the corps of the Australian Engineers, Queensland, and was transferred to the Royal Australian Engineers with the rank of lieutenant in 1911, after serving some time at the Submarine Mining Station, Chowdar Bay, Sydney. On transfer to the R.A.E. he was stationed at the Submarine Mining Station, Swan Island, Victoria, and was for some time in command of the station. In 1911 he obtained leave of absence without pay, and joined the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Sir Douglas Mawson as astronomer, assistant magnetician, and recorder of tides. His absence with the expedition extended over a period of two years and three months, as he was one of the six volunteers forming the relief party that was left in the Antarctic for a second winter, when Sir Douglas and his ill-fated companions had failed to return to winter quarters at the appointed time. Lieutenant Bage was leader of the southern sledging party, which accomplished a perilous journey of 600 miles, man-hauling their sledge over thee rough blizzard-swept ice surfaces. He was awarded the King's Polar Medal in 1916. On his return from the Antarctic Lieutenant Bage was attached to the Engineers' Staff Office Melbourne, and, on mobilisation being ordered in August, 1914, took up duty at Port Phillip Heads. When the first Australian Division for service abroad was formed, he volunteered for active service, and was appointed second in command of the 3rd Field Company (Engineers), with the rank of Captain, and was killed at Gallipoli on May 7th, 1915. Captain Bage was very popular among both officers and men, and many were the expressions of regret when the news was received at Victoria Barracks that he had fallen. He was an indefatigable worker, a thorough and efficient organiser, and one of the most promising of the younger officers of the permanent forces.

20 CAPTAIN EDWARD FREDERICK ROBERT BAGE.

21 SERGEANT L. P. BASTO, son of J. J. Basto, Esq., was born on 4th November, 1894, in Melbourne, and was educated at the Christian Brothers' School. After passing both Junior and Senior Public Examinations he proceeded to the University, where he took up the study of Engineering. He was a lieutenant in the permanent forces, but enlisted as a sergeant from the M.U.R. in " A " Company, 6th Battalion. He left with the first contingent, and served a further period of training in Egypt. He was detailed as a sergeant in charge of a picket in Cairo. He earned high praise for this work, which was often of an exceedingly difficult nature. At the landing on Gallipoli he and a small party advanced almost to the top of " The Narrows," but were surrounded and cut off. His body was found some days later and buried alongside that of his sergeant-major. Colonel Semmens, his C.O.; said of him that his conduct was always exemplary, that he was a good and fearless soldier, and that his death was a real loss to his battalion. He was just 20 years of age when he made the supreme sacrifice.

22 SERGEANT L. P. BASTO. SERGEANT ARCHIBALD HUGH BLACK, born at North Brighton, Victoria, was the son of Lieut.-Colonel A. G. H. Black,-commanding 2nd Battalion 12th Infantry Regiment (late 91st Infantry). He was educated at Devonport Grammar School and Launceston Church Grammar School, Tas. Sub- sequently he entered Melbourne University as an Engineering student. Whilst there he enlisted in the A.I.F., but was transferred to the 40th Battalion, 10th Brigade, A.I.F., with rank of sergeant. Prior to this he was a member of the Senior Cadets (old organisation), and afterwards was a sergeant in 91st Battalion Senior Cadets, from which he was transferred to the Militia, and obtained a commission as Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment.

He was recommended for a commission in France with the 40th Battalion, but was shot through the head at Armen- tieres, and was for a long time in hospital. On being passed as medically fit he returned to his unit, and was promised the first vacancy in commissioned rank, but was unfortunately killed in the attack on Passchendaele on October 12th, 1917..

24 SERGEANT ARCHIBALD HUGH BLACK.

25 CORPORAL R. L. C. BLACK, son of Mrs. Black, of Paken- ham Upper, was educated at South Melbourne College. After matriculation he became a student in the Engineering School. After passing his examinations at the end of 1915, Cor- poral Black enlisted in the A.LF., and went into camp in March, 1916. He was sent to Castlemaine, where he was a training sergeant for some time. He left Australia on July 28th, and after a short period of further training in England left for France, where he joined up with " B " Company, 7th Battalion, and was made a scout-corporal. He saw continuous service with this unit until he was wounded in May, 1918. He rejoined his unit on 1st August, 1918, and only eight days later was killed at Hurleville. During his period of service with the A.I.F. he attended three Schools of Instruction, and graduated from each with great distinction. He was nearly 25 years of age at the time his life was claimed for his country.

26 CORPORAL R. L. C. BLACK.

27 LIEUTENANT LEWIS GORDON BLACKMORE, of New South Wales, studied for some time on the Mining side of the Engineering Course. He enlisted in New South Wales in September, 1914. He joined the Light Horse, and sailed as a lance-corporal in the Sixth Regiment in December, 1914 After further training in Egypt he went to Gallipoli. He was wounded in July, 1915, and sent to hospital in Malta. He contracted enteric, and was invalided to England. He rejoined his unit after they had returned to Egypt, and on obtaining his commission transferred to the 1st Battalion In- fantry. He went to France with the 1st Division in April, 1916, where he served with his unit until he was killed at Pozieres on August 23rd, 1916.

28 LIEUTENANT LEWIS GORDON BLACKMORE.

29 LIEUTENANT W. A. J. BUCKLAND, son of Mrs. M. J. Buckland, Mirboo North, before the outbreak of war held a commission in the M.U.R., but in January, 1916, he enlisted as a private, and sailed with No. 2 Section, 10th Field Company Engineers as a sergeant.

After 15 weeks' training in England he went to France, and moved into the front line in November. For the first six months he was in charge of the concrete work of the sector, and later of the construction of gunpits and artillery observation posts, doing front line work in the region of Armentieres, until April, 1917, in which year he applied for transfer to the A.F.C., and was one of the five who were chosen from the whole division. He obtained a lieutenancy, and was attached to the 69th Squadron, which left for France in August. While stationed at Savy he took a course in Aerial Gunner,. In March, 1918, the Germans shelled his squadron out of Bailleul, where they had moved from Savy. Most of his later work consisted in reconnaissance, which necessitated low flying, and was consequently extremely dangerous. On the 6th July, while on dawn patrol with Captain Ralf e, an engagement took place, in which Captain Ralfe was killed. The machine crashed to the ground, and Buckland, who had been only slightly wounded in the actual air fighting, was instantly killed. He was a fine soldier, clear headed, courageous, worthy of his breed.

LIEUTENANT H. R. H. BUTLER, only son of Walter R. Butler, Esq., Toorak, was educated at Melbourne Grammar School. After leaving school he became articled to his father, and also entered the Engineering School as an architectural student. He enlisted in the A.I.F. in 1915, and left Australia as a sergeant in Artillery Reinforcements. He was eventually transferred to the Australian Flying Corps, in which he graduated as a pilot, and received his commission. He was killed in a tragic flying accident at Turnbury, in Scotland, on June 2nd, 1918. He was buried in Garvin, in Scotland, with full military honours, including an aerial escort, which flew over thecortege as it wound its way to the cemetery.

He had shown a genius for drawing, and his death at the early age of 21 cut short what would probably have proved a most successful and useful career.

32 LIEUTENANT H. R. H. BUTLER. SAPPER L. M. CAYGILL, son of L. N. Caygill, Esq., of Strathmerton, was educated at Shepparton High School, 1912- 1914. He entered the University as a Civil Engineer Student, 1915. He passed his first year brilliantly, and enlisted in February, 1916. He sailed from Australia in the Ceramic in October of the same year, and joined up with the 8th Field Company En- gineers in France in April, 1917. He saw continuous service for many months, and went through the engagements at Poly- gon Wood, Passchendaele, and Ypres. He was wounded on October 26th, 1917, and evacuated to 22nd General Hospital, Camiers, France, where he died as a result of his injuries on December 7th. He was buried at Etaples.

34 SAPPER L. M. CAYGILL.

35 LIEUTENANT FRANCIS CAREY CLEMENTS, son of F. W. Clements, Esq., was born in England in 1892, and came to Australia when only seven years old. He was educated at the Melbourne Grammar School, which he left in 1910 for the University, taking the Electrical Engineering Course. Whilst at the University he won his half-blue in boxing. In order to complete his engineering training he went to England in 1914, and was entered as a student at the electrical engineering works of the British-Thomson-Houston Company of Rugby. As soon as war broke out he volunteered, and received his commission as 2nd lieutenant in the Signalling Branch, Royal Engineers. He was wounded on January 6th, 1917,. in the right temple by a fragment of a gas shell, at Arras, and died five days later. Several letters were received from his commanding officer and from his men, showing a high estimation of his qualities. His commanding officer wrote :—" I should like you to know how much we all, and I especially as his C.O., appre- ciated the splendidly thorough and conscientious way in which he always carried out his duties, however arduous or dangerous, and how much we learned to respect him for his sterling character and manliness. He was a real ` white man,' and set an example which many a young officer would do well to follow."

36 LIEUTENANT FRANCIS CAREY CLEMENTS.

37 SERGEANT JOHN LESLIE CONNOR, son of Dr. G. Connor, was born in 1885, at Coleraine. He was educated at the local State School, and afterwards at the Hamilton and Western District College, where he was captain of the school. Proceeding to the University he entered Ormond College, and took up the course of Mining Engineering, and graduated B.M.E. in March, 1910. Since University days his time had been spent in mining centres, first at Mount Lyell, Tasmania, then at Mount Mor- gan, Queensland, and in November, 1910, he was appointed assistant surveyor to the Golden Horse Shoe Estate Co. Ltd., Boulder, W.A. He became a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers, and was secretary of the Boulder branch. He was also an associate of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, London ; a member of the Institute of Mining Surveyors of W.A., and frequently contributed articles to engineering reviews. When resident in Boulder he joined the Citizens' Forces, and received a commission as lieutenant in the Goldfields Bat- talion. In August, 1914, whilst in Melbourne for a holiday, on the outbreak of war he applied for a commission in the Expeditionary Force without result, and in December, 1914, joined the 8th Light Horse Regiment as a private, became a corporal before leaving, and was appointed sergeant in Egypt. After three months in the trenches he was killed in the attempt to capture Walker's Ridge, in which attack the 8th Light Horse was almost wiped out. He was in the first wave of men to leave the trenches that fateful day. The last words he was heard to utter were :—" Come on, men." He endeared himself to everybody he met, and was always known among his wide circle of friends as " Old John Les."

38 SERGEANT JOHN LESLIE CONNOR. CAPTAIN RANDOLPH WILLIAM CRESWELL, Servian Order of the White Eagle, son of Sir W. R. Creswell, of Toorak, was educated at Melbourne Grammar School. On entering the Engineering School he at once threw his tremendous energy into all forms of University life. He did a brilliant course, was a very fine oar, and was Editor of " The Varsity Engineer." After obtaining his B.M.E. he went to Broken Hill. Shortly after war was declared he joined Sir Samuel Pethe- bridge's staff, and went with him to New Guinea. On returning to Victoria he enlisted early in 1915 in the 29th Battalion, A.I.F. He left as a lieutenant in this unit in November,, 1915. Shortly after his arrival in Egypt the following month, volunteers were called for the formation of a Camel Corps. Creswell joined, and was ordered for service to the western or Senussi frontier. While stationed here he carried out a particularly fine piece of work, for which he received the Order of the White Eagle of Serbia (5th class). An aeroplane had been lost in the desert over the enemy's frontier. A search party, under Lieutenant Creswell's leadership, found the plane after a dogged and persistent search under heat and other adverse and dangerous conditions that nearly accounted for the whole party. Promoted to captain soon after this service, he was given command of the 11th Company, then being raised to form part of the new 3rd Battalion (Anzac) of the Imperial Camel Corps. The I.C.C. Brigade were ordered for service in the Sinai campaign, and he took part in the actions of Magdabba, Raffa, Gaza (both battles). For the leadership of his company at Raffa he was recommended by his commanding officer, and he was twice mentioned in despatches during his short military career. In Allenby's great advance in the autumn of 1917 the Anzac Battalion I.C.C. held a. post of special importance a short distance west of Beersheba Kuwilfet, and on its being securely held depended in a great measure the whole of our advance. It was consequently attacked by the Turks in great force, but tenaciously held in spite of very heavy casualties by the Camel Corps and a part of the Cheshire Yeomanry. It was while leading his company in the first brunt of the attack at early dawn on the morning of 6th November, 1917, that Captain R. W. Creswell was killed. The night before the attack he was struck on the forehead while asleep by a spent ball, but declined to go off duty. Thus died a most promising soldier and engineer, and one whose absence has been felt in many useful spheres of activity.

40 CAPTAIN RANDOLPH WILLIAM CRESWELL.

41 SERGEANT WALTER FINLAY, son of Mrs. E. Finlay, Windsor, has a fine record of service. He was one of the first to respond to the call for men, enlisting six days after war was declared, and marching into camp as soon as it was opened. He was drafted to the 6th Battalion, 2nd Infantry Bri- gade, and sailed as a corporal with this battalion. He took part in the historic landing on Gallipoli, and remained there until the evacuation, except for a short time spent on the Island of Imbros as " unfit."' In January, 1916, he transferred to the Camel Corps, which was at once sent to quell the Senussi rising, and in March of the next year his corps was hastily moved to Palestine, arriving in time to take part in the disastrous battle of Gaza. In April of the same year another engagement, resulting in a heavy casualty list, took place, in which he distinguished himself, when his officer fell, by leading the men to their objective through heavy fire. C.S.M. Longmorth writes of his achievement: "'When his officer fell, Walter took his place and led the section through ` hell ' right to their place." " There is not a man of his section who does not speak in a most loving and respectful way of the manner in which he bore himself and led them that day." Sheer lack of men forced this corps to retire, with 93 casualties out of 125 men, and he was one of the missing. Six months later at a Court of Inquiry he was officially reported " Killed in action," though there was no direct evidence.

42 SERGEANT WALTER FINLAY.

G 43 LIEUTENANT A. C. FOGARTY was educated at Christian Brothers' College, Ballarat, and was for a short time a student at the Engineering School, afterwards taking up the Veteri- nary Course. Prior to enlisting, and being drafted to the 24th Battalion, A.I.F., he had taken up land at Coonamble, N.S.W. Whilst at the University he took a keen interest in sport, and was Captain of the University Football Team. He was killed at Gallipoli on 29th November, 1915, aged 31 years.

44 LIEUTENANT A. C. FOGARTY.

45 SERGEANT THOMAS MARCH HALL, elder son of the late Dr. T. S. Hall, D.Sc., M.A., was born in 1892. He was educated at Camberwell Grammar School from 1902 to 1906, and was dux of his class for each of the five years he was there. He went to Scotch College in 1907, and after being dux of his class for two years, and passing Junior Public with three distinctions in 1908, and obtaining honours in the Senior Public in Mathematics, Mechanics, Physics, and Chemistry, in 1910 he left school and entered the Engineering School at the University. He passed three years of his course, and then joined the Lands Department Survey Camp at Manangatang. " Tommy" was always keen on military work, was a sergeant in the M.U.R., and at the University he took great interest in rowing and shooting, and was also a great walker and cyclist. He enlisted with the A.I.F. in June, 1915, and sailed as a lance-corporal in the 29th Battalion in November of the same year. He-was in Egypt fòr six months, during which time he was attached to the Royal Engineers as a supervisor of native labour on the° construction of communication roads and railways east of the Suez Canal. He sailed with his unit to France in June, 1916. He was promoted sergeant after Fromelles (July, 1916). Early in 1917 he contracted synovitis, and spent some time in hospital at Reading in England. As soon as he could he rejoined his battalion, and served with them as a platoon sergeant until he was killed by a shell at Polygon Wood in September, 1917. " Tommy " was greatly respected for his bravery as a soldier and for his character as a man, and his unit sustained a serious loss when he was killed.

46 SERGEANT THOMAS MARCH HALL.

47 LIEUTENANT A. G. HINMAN, son of Mrs. L. M. Hinman. Launceston, was born on 19th March, 1890, and was educated at the Grammar School, Launceston, where he took a foremost place at schoolwork and sports. He afterwards proceeded to Ormond College, and took up the Mining Engineering Course

at the Engineering School, completing his course in 1914,. and had the degree of B.M.E. conferred on him. During his stay at the University he took an active interest in sport, and was a member of the League Football Team. After leaving the. University he took up Mining work at Mount Bischoff Mines, Waratah, and on the outbreak of war returned to Melbourne and enlisted, obtaining a commission in the 15th Battalion before leaving for Egypt. He was in the landing of Gallipoli, and was killed at Quinn's Post on 10th May, 1915. A brother officer, writing to his mother, said :—" I feel I should like to say how sadly we feel at losing such a good officer and brave gentleman. On the night in question our regiment was ordered to carry the Turkish trenches directly on our front. This we accomplished, but with heavy loss, and it was whilst gallantly leading his men that your son was shot dead, meeting it quite calmly and fearlessly as a good soldier should. Offi- cers and men alike feel your son's loss most keenly, for by his cheerful, unassuming ways and fine soldierly qualities, he had endeared himelf to all."

48 LIEUTENANT A. G. HINMAN. LIEUTENANT K. W. HOLMES, brother of Mrs. E. M. Wade, Hornsby, N.S.\V., was educated at Caulfield Grammar School. He subsequently entered the Engineering School, where, after a brilliant course, he graduated in 1911. He then entered the service of the Victorian Railways. He was in charge of the building of his third railway line when he enlisted in the Engineers, A.I.F., as a sapper, in 1915. Shortly after his arrival in Egypt he was given his commission and posted to the 4th Pioneers. He went with this unit to France in March, 1916, where his work largely consisted of light railway construction on the Western Front. In 1917 he transferred to the Flying Corps, and after graduation as a pilot was attached for training in war flying to one of the R.F.C. Squadrons in France. During a fight against odds over the Arras-Douai area, his plane was brought down in the enemy lines, and he was reported " Missing-, 11th August, 1916." Word was later received from the Germans that he had died as a prisoner-of-war. One of his brother officers says :—" We thought a tremendous lot of him. He had brought down 14 Hun planes, and went for about six of them at once during his last flight." The Chief Engineer for Railway Construction, Victoria, says :—" His career in this department was full of promise, but the call of higher duty took him away. His work in the world should be measured not in years but in duty nobly done and in sacrifice to his country. . . . We will not soon forget him and the example he set."

50 LIEUTENANT K. W. HOLMES.

51 LIEUTENANT ERIC CRAVEN JOWETT, son of Edmund Jowett, Esq., entered the Church of England Preparatory School in 1901, and went up to the Senior School three years later. In 1905 he won the Foundation Scholarship, and held it till 1908, when he left school to continue his studies at the Melbourne University, having matriculated in 1906.

In 1913 he completed the course of Mining Engineering and became eligible for the degree of B.M.E., which was conferred posthumously on 21st April, 1917. He then went to England, and became a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1914, but when war broke out he immediately volunteered, and gained a commission in the Northumberland Fusiliers. Aviation appealing to him strongly, he joined the R.F.C. as a lieutenant in No. 4 Squadron, 15 Wing, in 1915, and went to France, where his fearlessness and efficiency enabled him to do some fine work. On July 8th, 1916, he was shot down while pursuing a Hun plane six miles within the German lines, and was buried at the Military Cemetery of Miraumont on July 19th, 1916. His Squadron Commander, Major Carthew, wrote on July 17th, 1916. :—" He was extremely courageous ; in fact, my view is that it was through chasing a hostile machine that he fell so far out of the area where he had gone to work. My impres- sion is that he saw a Hun machine, and chased it up there ; then a Fokker was seen to come out of a cloud quite close to and behind him. He was probably hit by a bullet before he knew there was a hostile machine close. Losing him was a serious blow to the efficiency of my squadron. He was a gallant, stout-hearted boy, who was always keen to do more than his fair share of whatever work was ordered. Everyone was fond of him, and his squadron was poorer by his loss."

LIEUTENANT WILLIAM REGINALD KEAST, son of W. E. Keast, Esq., of the Victorian Railways, was educated at Wesley College, where he distinguished himself scholastically, and also excelled as a rifl e shot. On entering the University he became a student in the Engineering School, and graduated after a highly successful course as B.E.E, in 1914.

Lieutenant Keast left Melbourne with the first division of the A.I.F. as a sapper in the First Field Company Engineers in October, 1914, and took part in the landing at Gallipoli on the 25th April, 1915. He saw continuous service in the trenches on the peninsula, with the exception of a short period spent at Malta, as the result of a bullet wound in one of his legs. Later, Lieutenant Keast was sent to France, and took part in the battle of Pozieres, and was afterwards: transferred to the R.F.C. After much flying in France a cable was received report- ing him " missing," and a further cable from England shortly afterwards stated he was last seen flying north-west of Roulers Hopes were thus firmly held that news would eventually be received announcing his capture as a prisoner by the enemy. This, however, was not to be, and as far as the details are known, Lieutenant Keast was last seen singly attacking three enemy aeroplanes.

LIEUTENANT W. A. LECKIE, son of W. Leckie, Esq., Ivanhoe, was born at Brunswick, and was 23 years of age at the time of his death. He was educated at the Fairfield State School, where he won a Government Scholarship in 1905. He then entered Wesley College, and from this on his scholastic career was a series of successes. He later entered Ormond College, and took up the Engineering Course, also doing extra subjects for the B.A. degree. He showed great efficiency as a mathematician, attaining final honours in Mathematics, and winning every Exhibition in this subject.

He was a lieutenant in the 34th Engineers here before war broke out, but enlisted as a sapper in the first Expeditionary Force, becoming corporal before leaving for Egypt. After five months' training there the Imperial authorities called for applications for commissions in the Royal Engineers, and he was successful in obtaining one, and proceeded to Chatham, and from there was drafted to France. He went into the trenches for the first time on 23rd July, 1915, and was hardly ever out of them until his death. He went through the battle of Armentieres, was wounded at La Bassée, and afterwards in the battle of Loos. Later he was shifted to Ypres, where he met his death. He was looked uponf as one of the most brilliant students at the Engineering School, was secretary of the Students' Christian Association, a promising oars- man, and a good rifle shot. He served his country from a keen sense of duty.

56 LIEUTENANT W. A. LECKIE.

57 PRIVATE GEORGE FERGUSON LEGGE, son of Major- General J. G. Legge, was born 17th August, 1896. He was educated at the Melbourne Grammar School, and was a student in the Engineering School when he enlisted. He served in the field with the 22nd Battalion. During the last battle in which the Australian Infantry was engaged he was wounded while serving with a Lewis Gun Team in the first line, and afterwards killed while bandaging another wounded man, on October 4th, 1918, near the little village of Geneve, between Beaurevoir and Montbrehain.

His commanding officer, Lieut.-Colonel Wiltshire, writes : —" Private Legge took a gallant part in this last assault, which secured the objective, but he was killed by a bullet through the head. His conduct in a previous tour of duty in the line had been especially good, and had been brought under notice by his platoon commander."

58 PRIVATE GEORGE FERGUSON LEGGE.

59 LIEUTENANT O. G. LEWIS, son of J. B. Lewis, Esq., of Melbourne, was educated at the Grammar School, Launceston, and Wesley College, Melbourne, of which latter he was Dux in 1913, at the age of 17. He proceeded immediately to the University as a resident student at Queen's College. He was very successful in obtaining Exhibitions and Scholarships, and, indeed, rendered himself independent of outside help in his career by such means. He entered at the Engineering School, selecting Mining Engineering, as his course, and had completed his second year with much distinction when he enlisted. He had at this time his commission in the University Rifles, and was keen on musketry work; however, with his friends, he enlisted in the 10th Field Engineers, in which he was corporal. On arriving at Salisbury Plain he, with another from his company, was selected for a special course for Engineering Non Corns. At the completion of the course he came out at the top of the school, his companion being second. Of this, the 10th Field Com- pany, General Monash says in a private letter—" This particular Field Company stands out as having in its ranks very many N.C.O.'s and men of very marked ability and previous striking attainments." At this time he was offered a commission, but preferred to sec some active service first. He first went to the front towards the end of November, 1916, but transferred to the Flying Corps in April, 1917, receiving his commission, and early in August of the same year he was flying in France as an observer. He had daily fights with Hun planes—sometimes several in a day. He was wounded in the foot by an anti-aircraft shell, but continued flying, until on the 14th August, in a fight with three German planes, a bullet put his gun out of action, and before the pilot could get into safety, he was severely wounded, getting 21 hits, some of them serious. Having a sound constitution, he rapidly recovered, but was not considered fit for work till the middle of February, 1918. He continued flying daily, doing all kinds of observation work, until the 12th April, 1918, when the plane crashed, and the pilot and he were killed instantly. During the whole time at the front and even in hospital he had continued his studies, doing correspondence school courses, and reading mathematics, etc. He was extremely methodical in everything he did, and mapped out all his time so as to make the best use of it. Physically, mentally, and morally he excelled. He was eminently successful in everything he undertook, and earned a high opinion of his character and ability from all those whom he met, and who were competent to judge.

60 LIEUTENANT O. G. LEWIS.

61 CORPORAL J. G. LIMEROCK, son of the late J. Limerock, Esq., was educated at Scotch College, passing the Junior Public Examination in 1910 and the Senior Public the following year. In 1912 he was made a prefect. In the same year he obtained honours in Mathematics and Chemistry at the Senior Public Examination. For three years (1910-1912) he was a member of the shooting team, and the last year was captain. He was a sergeant in the Senior Cadets at Scotch College, and afterwards in the University Rifles. After leaving Scotch College he entered the Engineering School at the University, and had completed two year of his course when he enlisted for active service.

He entered Broadmeadows in March, 1915, and left Aus- tralia in June as a sergeant in the 6th Reinforcements, 7th Bat- talion. After staying in Egypt only a fortnight, he landed in Gallipoli, and was made a corporal in " B " Company, and only five days in the trenches, when he was killed during the big counter attack by the Turks on August 9th, at Lone Pine. A comrade writes of him :—" I am well pleased to tell you how well liked Jack was by everybody. The men would do anything for him, as they knew he would not ask them to do anything he would not do himself."

62 CORPORAL J. G. LIMEROCK. LIEUTENANT FRANK . M. McCUTCHAN, son of J. H. McCutchan, Esq., of Alphington, was an old Wesley Collegian, entering the College in 1906, and remaining till 1911. He had a brilliant record of scholastic attainments, commencing in 1905, when he won the Government and also the Old Wesley Collegians' Scholarship. Three years later he passed Senior Public, .and gained, successively, a scholarship entitling him to go to the University, the Walter Powell Scholarship, and then another enabling him to become a non-resident student at Queen's. He entered the College in 1912, taking the Electrical

Engineering Course, which he completed in 1915.. Out of three commissions in the Royal Engineers offered to the Melbourne University, he was selected for one, and sailed for England the same year. He was also a good all-round sportsman, a strong swim- mer, and a long-distance runner. During his time at Wesley he won a 3/ mile foot race round Albert Park lagoon, and while training at Newark came first in a six miles race for officers. In addition to his athletic achievements he was a fine musician, excelling at the piano and organ. He took a keen interest in the Scout movement, and was for a time Scoutmaster of a Richmond group.. When war broke out, being an expert in signalling with various apparatus, he was engaged to instruct members of the University in that branch of military duty. In May, 1917, while making lines for a new trench, he was hit by a sniper's bullet, and died some. 20 minutes later. He was buried in the cemetery of Henin, near Arras.

SERGEANT ALAN McKAY, son of N. B. McKay, Esq., of Sun- shine, entered Scotch College in 1910, where he passed the Junior Public Examination in 1911, and won an exhibition for the Melbourne University in 1912. In 1913 he gained Senior Public Honours, and the following year entered the Melbourne University, taking the course for the degree of B.M.E. In his first year he secured second place amongst his contemporaries. While at the University he took a keen interest in military matters, and gained .a commission in the University Rifles. In August, 1915, he enlisted, and was quickly promoted to the rank of sergeant. When he arrived in Egypt he, with all other non-commissioned officers, had to revert to the ranks. He left Egypt for France, and in the latter country was with the Base Details of the 46th Battalion for three months as a sergeant. On a call being sent out for volunteers for the machine-gun section, he forfeited his stripes, and joined the company as a private. He was killed in action a month after his twenty-first birth- day. His company commander wrote expressing his appreciation of the fine work done by Sergeant A. McKay—" He came to my company as a private, and I gave him a trial by placing him in command of the company machine-gun section. Shortly afterwards he went to the trenches, at P'ozieres, where, with his guns, I had to place him in an advanced and very dangerous position. The first night there, with the rain, cold, and German bombardment, is most simply described by one word, ' hell.' He was constantly under my eye then and for the rest of our stay in the trenches, and his coolness and work under fire were particularly notable. For this he was promoted to corporal, the highest rank obtainable in a company machine-gun section. Later, his character and work, subsequently revealed in training and in other quieter parts of the line, were such that I intended after coming out of the line this time to recommend him for a commission. Unfortunately, an unlucky shell, which landed in the support trench some distance behind the firing line, killed him instantly. I mourn the loss of one who was doing his duty so thoroughly, and whom I personally regarded as probably the most promising man of my company."

66 SERGEANT ALAN McKAY.

67 LIEUTENANT HARRY ROBINSON McKINLEY, hus- band of Mrs. H. R. McKinley, St. Kilda, was born in 1884 in Hawthorn. He was a. student at the Camberwell Grammar School, and afterwards at the Melbourne Church of England Grammar, where he gained many athletic trophies, showing special prowess in sprinting, high jumping and running.

After leaving Grammar he entered the Engineering School at the Melbourne University, but, after two years, decided to abandon his course and take up the motor business. In May, 1915, he enlisted, and left with the reinforcements to the 14th Battalion as a 2nd lieutenant in the next year. After being for some time in Egypt he was moved to France, where he gained his second "pip," and where, in April, 7.917, he was killed during a heavy engagement on the Somme. He was buried in the Military Cemetery near by.

68 LIEUTENANT HARRY ROBINSON McKINLEY.

69 LIEUTENANT J. G. McKINLEY was the eldest son of Mr. Jas. McKinley, Editor of " Punch." He was educated at the University High School in Mr. L. A. Adamson's time, and obtained an entrance Exhibition to the University in 1901, where he took up the Engineering Course. After completing two years, on the advice of Prof. Gregory, he left for England in 1904 to study Mining Engineering at the Royal School of Mines, London. He obtained his diploma in 1906, and was elected an Associate of the Institution of Mining and Metal- lurgy, London, in 1909. When war broke out he was Mana- ger of the Tarquah and Abossa Mines, on the Gold Coast of West Africa. He enlisted on his arrival in England (on fur lough), and obtained a commission in the Royal Flying Corps, afterwards transferring to the Royal Garrison Artillery. When stationed near Ypres he was engaged in laying mines, and v, hilst riding to inspect the carrying out of his plans, dis- mounted from his motor cycle to agsist a wounded despatch rider, when a second shell burst, killing the wounded man and severely wounding McKinley. He was picked up by a Bel- gian motor ambulance, and taken to the Balieul Hospital, where he died the following day, June 3, 1915.

70 LIEUTENANT J. G. McKINLEY.

71 PRIVATE J. MELVIN, son of J. G. Melvin, Esq., Melbourne, was born at Moonee Ponds on September 26th, 1887, and educated in the first place at the Caulfield Grammar School, of which school he was dux in 1905. From there he proceeded w Ormond College and the University; and after a successful scholastic career graduated as B.C.E. in 1911.. For two years he was employed in the Victorian Railways Department, and then he was taken into the firm of Parsons Bros. and Co. Pty. Ltd., of which his father is the present managing director. He was thus one of the third generation of this family to hold an interest in the firm, as his grand- father, the late John Melvin, was a partner in the original firm.

John Melvin was one of the first to offer his services when volunteers were called for, and he went into camp as a private on August 19th, 1914. He was attached to the " F" Com- pany (Public Schools) of the 5th Battalion, and sailed on 21st October, 1914.. He was among the first to land on that fatal but glorious 25th April, and had pushed far forward iü pursuit of the flying Turks, when he fell in endeavouring to hold some of the ground that had afterwards to be given up.

From the position he had reached before he was killed we can at least hope that his death was not unavailing, as it is certain he must have accounted for some of the enemy.

72 PRIVATE J. MELVIN. MAJOR J. H. MIRAMS was the son of Mrs. J. H. Mirams, Brighton. He was educated at Brighton Grammar School, where he distinguished himself not only by his un- doubted ability and devotion to work, but also for his prowess in sports of all kinds. Amongst other athletic achievements he created some school records in pole vaulting. On leaving school he became a student in Engineering at the University. On the outbreak of war he at once volunteered for service abroad, and left Australia as a 2nd lieutenant in the Engineers, A.I.F. He was promoted to lieutenant in Egypt. He saw practically all the Gallipoli campaign, being in both the landing and evacuation. He was severely wounded, though, in July, 1915, and when convalescent, notwithstanding an offer to return to Australia, elected to join his unit again on the peninsula. For conspicuous bravery during this portion of the campaign he was awarded the Military Cross.

_After the evacuation he served on the General Staff in Egypt, but went with his division in 1916 to France. By making urgent applications to return to actual front line work he was eventually allowed to do so, where he was soon promoted to major. On August 17th, whilst on dangerous special duty, he was struck pn the head with a piece of shrapnel. He died two days later, and was buried at Puchevilliers beside many of his gallant comrades

The day before he fell he received the following tribute to the excellent work he was doing: "Major-General Sir H. V. Cox, K.C.M.G., congratulates Major J: H. Mirams, 13th F.C. Engineers, on his gallantry and capability whilst in command of a field company during the operations of August, 1916." Many of his comrades have written testifying to his courage, capability, and lovable character.

74 MAJOR J. H. MIRAMS.

75 COMPANY SERGEANT-MAJOR JOHN H. MOORE, son of Mrs. A. S. Moore, of Elsternwick, was educated at the Caul- field Grammar School, where he matriculated. Proceeding to the University he took a special subjects course in Engineering.

He enlisted early in 1915, and left Australia as a corporal in " B " Company, 21st Battalion, in May, 1915. After a period of further training in Egypt he embarked for Gallipoli on the transport Southland, which was torpedoed in the AF_gean Sea. After service on the peninsula he was invalided to Malta a short time before the evacuation.

Rejoining his unit he went with them to France. He was recommended for the Military Medal for going out under heavy shell fire to rescue a comrade, but most unselfishly urged that the man who went with him be given the honour. He received the rank of C.S.M. in September, 1916, and was next in order on the role for his commission when he was killed at Flers in November, 1916.

7. COMPANY SERGEANT-MAJOR JOHN H. MOORE. LIEUTENANT WILLIAM MAJOR OLIVE, son of H. T. Olive, Esq., Kew, was born on August 25th, 1890, and was educated at the Scotch College during the years 1903-1.909. He, even at that early age, took a keen interest in military concerns, and in 1908 was a sergeant in the Senior Cadets. He was one of the senior prefects in the same year, and took an active interest in all athletic sports.

In 1905 he obtained the diploma of the Royal College of Music, London, and for seven years was a prominent member of the choir of St. Mark's, Fitzroy. In 1909 he was Dux in Mathematics at Scotch, and won a residential scholarship at Ormond College.

In 1910 he proceeded to the University, and for four years was attached to the Melbourne University Rifles, and proved himself to be a first-class shot. In 1914 he completed his Engineering Course, and gained second-class honours, no first-class honours being awarded that year. He also won the " Argus " scholarship for Civil Engineering. He then joined the Victorian Railways, and was con- nected with the work of the electrification of the suburban system. Later, for the purpose of widening his experience, he joined a survey camp between Portland and Mt. Gambier. He enlisted as a private in June, 1915, and for five months was attached to the Seymour Camp, where he was a victim to an attack of pneumonia. Recover- ing, he was transferred to the School of Instruction at Broadmea- dows, and then later transferred to the 5th Company Field En- gineers, 2nd Australian Division. He sailed by the Ceramic on November 23rd, 1915, and while camped near the Suez Canal saved a man from drowning.

The last letters received from him were from Lyons, in France, and in them he described the roads, aqueducts, and other engineering works of the district. He landed at Marseilles on the 23rd March, and was killed in action on April 23rd (Easter Sunday). He was one of the first Australians killed in France.

He was a member for many years of the Fitzroy branch of the Australian Natives' Association.

78 LIEUTENANT WILLIAM MAJOR OLIVE. LIEUTENANT FREDERICK THEODORE PETERSEN, son of W. F. Petersen, Esq., Toorak, passed two years of the Architectural Course at the Engineering School, and gained great distinction in the R.V.I.A. examination, winning, amongst other honours, a special medal for " measured drawing." P. B. Hudson, Esq., architect, with whom Lieutenant Petersen was associated, speaks of him as a most lovable chap, and one who showed great promise in his profession." He enlisted with the A.I.F., and was appointed a 2nd lieutenant. In November, 1917, he embarked for active service, and after spending a month in Egypt was sent to England. He was for some time at the, Australian Flying Corps Training Depot at Wendover, and went to Egypt with reinforcements to No. 1 Squadron, but was not permitted to continue flying owing to throat trouble. He afterwards transferred to reinforcements, 39th Battalion. In May, 1918, he went to France, - was promoted to lieutenant, and joined the 1st Field Company, Field Engineers. He was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous services, as set out officially hereunder

" Near Chuignes, on 23rd August, 1918, he led a section of Engineers with the attacking infantry. He pushed forward ahead of the attacking infantry under heavy fire, and located the objectives. He then organised his party on consolidation work, and, owing to his personal courage and excellent leadership, the construction of several posts was commenced directly on the arrival of the attacking troops. He rendered valuable service." This gallant officer was killed on September 11th, 1918, at Roselle.

80 LIEUTENANT FREDERICK THEODORE PETERSEN.

81 SERGEANT WALTER WHITFIELD RAW, son of John T. Raw, Esq., of Elsternwick, was a prefect of Wesley College, where he passed the Senior Public Examination with honours, and won an exhibition entitling him to a four years' course at the University. He entered the Engineering School as a student in Feb- ruary, 1915. In March he enlisted and went into camp, being placed in the 6th Reinforcements of the 7th Battalion, but owing to a severe attack of cerebro-spinal meningitis he did not get away till, October, when he embarked with the 11th reinforcements of the 7th Battalion. While training in Egypt Private Raw was promoted corporal and sergeant, and finally, in the reorganisation of the Australian Divisions, he was transferred to " C " Company of the 59th Battalion, with which he left Egypt for France in June, 1916. On July 10th this battalion entered the trenches south of Armentieres, and on July 19th Sergeant Raw was reported " Missing," afterwards " Killed in in the gallant attack made on the German trenches at Fromelles. He was in his 21st year at the time of his death.

82 SERGEANT WALTER WHITFIELD RAW. LIEUTENANT J. D. C. REID, son of Mrs. J. B. Reid, Branxholme, was a Bachelor of Civil Engineering of the Mel- bourne University.

When war broke out he was the Government surveyor at Canberra, but he relinquished his position to join the colours as a private. He served in France with the Tunnellers, and also with the 4th Pioneer Battalion, in which he obtained his second star, and also, by a brilliant exploit, the Military Cross, awarded according to official notification "for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in making a daring and successful reconnaissance, under heavy fire, in order to establish communication between certain important points." He performed similar valuable work on two subsequent occasions, on the latter of which he was seriously wounded. The late Major McCrae wrote in glowing terms of his heroism and sterling worth :—" He had already shown great skill and courage on the first night of the great attack, and he had been chosen with another officer and a small party to carry out a reconnaissance of an extremely difficult and dangerous nature, not only on account of his great abilities for such work, but also for his steadiness, reliability, and courage. There was no officer in the battalion for whose personal qualities I had a greater regard. His keenness and work have been of outstanding excellence. On the first night of the advance he carried out some splendid work with characteristic thoroughness, and enabled a most successful enterprise to result. So many of our best have gone, but it is not given to many soldiers to pass out through a painless end, in the full flush of not only a brave deed, but one which was of immense military value. If for this alone Lieutenant Reid's memory will be cherished by all officers and men of the battalion, from whom he had already earned the respect and affection which his qualities claimed. He lies buried in a soldier's grave behind the ridge we captured."

84 LIEUTENANT J. D. C. REID.

85 CAPTAIN J. M. REID, son of G. W. Reid, Esq., East Kew, after a very successful course at the Engineering School, graduated as a B.C.E. in 1911. He was for some time in the Construction Branch of the Victorian Railways, where he did important work in connection with the Beeac-Newtown line. He enlisted as a private in the Infantry in April, 1915, and rose to the rank of sergeant. After transferring to the Engineers and gaining his commission, he sailed by the s.s. Mooltan for Egypt, where he spent two months in training. He arrived in France at the end of March, 1916; and joined up with the 2nd Field Company Engineers. He took part in most of the big engagements during 191647. He gained the M.C. for service done in the construction of very important strong points at Polygon Wood on 20/9/17 and 4/10/17. General Birdwood points out in his letter of 20/10/17 that " excellent powers of leadership and good judgment were dis- played on both occasions, as the work had to be carried out during very heavy shell fire." He was wounded on 26/10/17, and succumbed to his wounds on 30/10/17 at the 10th Casualty Clearing Station, Belgium. He was buried in the Lyssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperhinghe. His captaincy was an- nounced shortly after his death.

86 CAPTAIN J. M. REID.

87 LIEUTENANT ALEX. J. ROBERTSON had a brilliant educa- tional career, Starting with a Government Scholarship in 1900, gained at Bendigo Central State School, he spent the next three years at St. Andrew's College, passing matriculation, becoming Dux, and gaining a Government Exhibition, coming seventh on the list. Proceeding to the University, he took up courses in Science and Mining Engineering with considerable success, gaining final honours, with two scholarships—one in Geology, and the other the Kernot Research. He followed this with M.Sc. in 1912. During 1907 and 1909 he held a resident scholarship ât Ormond College. After spending some time in the Technical College, Brisbane, he was appointed, rather more than eight years ago, assistant mineralogist, and later, in addition, chemist and analyst in the Geological Survey of West Australia. Meanwhile he had given due attention to military training, being in turn private, corporal, and sergeant in the State Junior Cadets, also proving himself a good marksman in the University Rifle Club. After the outbreak of war, although a position was not available in the Engineers, he carried out military surveys in the neighbourhood of Perth, and afterwards trained in the Blackboy Hill Camp, gaining his lieutenancy. In sport he showed active interest as cricketer, footballer, oars- man, runner, and otherwise, gaining his " Blue " in 1908, rowing in the Engineers' winning eight, 1909, also in the University Maiden Eight. After a few weeks in Egypt with the 6th Reinforcements, 11th Battalion, he went into action on Gallipoli Peninsula. On 6th August, while holding a captured trench and repelling a Turkish counter-attack, he was shot, expiring almost immediately, in his 29th year. His wife, after almost two years' service as a V.A.D. at Coulter Hospital, London, and qualifying for service in France as a Motor Ambulance driver, was accidentally killed while riding in Hyde Park. One of his men writes thus in the " Kalgoorlie Miner " : " Lieu- tenant Robertson was shot two or three times, but kept rising and emptying his revolver, when a bullet through the head sent out as plucky a leader, and as fine a man, as ever God gave breath to. He died as he lived, game to the last."

88 LIEUTENANT ALEX. J. ROBERTSON.

89 LIEUTENANT PERCY JAMES SIMS was born on 1st January, 1896, and was the son of A. J. Sims, Esq., " High- fields," Springhurst. After receiving his early education locally he won a scholarship in 1909, and proceeded to Wan- garatta High School, where, in 1911, he passed Junior Public, obtaining several distinctions. In 1912 he went to the Melbourne High School, and in the following year passed Senior Public, and obtained an exhibition. On entering the University he took up Electrical Engineering, and was in his second year when, in July, 1915, he enlisted. He left. Australia in November, 1915, as a signaller, and after three months in Egypt he went to France. He was amongst the first fighting troops to land in France. After taking part in the heavy fighting on the Somme he was sent in April, 1917, to England to train for his wings in the Australian Flying Corps. After graduating as a pilot and obtaining his commission he was sent to No. 67 Squadron in Egypt, where he took part in several engagements. In May, 1918, he was sent back to England, where he specialised in scout-machine flying. Shortly afterwards he joined No. 4 Squadron, A.F.C. He flew with great success till 29/10/18, when his patrol encountered a much superior force of German machines over Ath, near Tournai, and in the subsequent fight he shot down two of the Boche planes, but almost immediately afterwards his machine was seen to burst into flames and fall in the enemy lines. Before his death he was credited with bringing down several Hun machines. A particularly sad feature of this gallant officer's death was the fact that after so much excellent service he should be killed within a fortnight of the beginning of the Armistice.

LIEUTENANT B. A. STARLING, son of J. H. Star- ling, Esq., Greensborough, was educated at Hawthorn College, where he gained a State Exhibition, and also the " Greeves Exhibition," tenable for three years. He entered the Engineering School in 1895, and had the degree of B.C.E. conferred on him at the Commencement in 1900. He was then only 21 years of age. In 1904 he went to the Federated Malay States, and was employed on railway construction, and was for some years in charge of their field work. In 1915 he was called to London in connection with a law suit brought against the F.M.S. Government. As soon as he arrrived he applied for permission to enlist, but was not allowed to do so until the beginning of 1916, when he at once enlisted and went into camp as a private in the London Regi- ment. In only a few weeks he was recommended for a commission in the Royal Engineers, but, notwithstanding strong re- commendations from his District Commander and R.E. Colonel, nothing more was heard from the War Office. He was then appointed to a commission in the Infantry. He served in France with the 1st Battalion, 2nd London Regiment. He was killed by a shell fragment on the 23rd March, 1918, near the village of Gavrelle, and buried in the Military Cemetery at Roclincourt.

92 LIEUTENANT B. A. STARLING.

93 CORPORAL EDMUND REGINALD WHITTERON, only son of F. Whitteron, Esq., of Geelong, was born in October, 1894. He was educated at .Melbourne Grammar School until 1907, after which he went to Geelong Grammar School. At the latter school his record was a brilliant one. In 1913 he was a prefect, captain of the cricket team, played in the football eighteen and tennis four, and ran for his school at the com- bined Public Schools sports, and also rowed in his School eight, a record which is unparalleled.

He entered the University in 1914 as an Engineering student. He joined the M.U.R., and attained the rank of sergeant. Shortly after war was declared he enlisted, and was made a corporal, embarking from Australia with this rank in the 14th Battalion in December, 1914. After training in Egypt he went to Gallipoli with his unit, and shortly afterwards was invalided back to Alexandria. On becoming convalescent he was given an opportunity of returning to Aus- tralia for a rest, but with characteristic spirit he elected to return to duty. This he did, and shortly afterwards, in August, 191.5, he was killed. " Reg " was a universal favourite, and many and heartfelt were the expressions of grief when a life that showed such promise was ended so early.

94 CORPORAL EDMUND REGINALD WHITTERON.

95 LIEUTENANT A. S. WILLIAMS, son of W. Williams, Esq., Claremont, West Australia, was born in Box Hill, and lived there for nine or ten years. About the age of ten he went to West Australia with his parents, and attended the public school, doing good work.

At 12% years of age he won a scholarship for a three years' course at the Perth High School, where his studies were highly successful. Finally he chose architecture as his profession, and whilst studying took up the practical part of building, both in carpentering and bricklaying. After getting a certificate as surveyor he came to Melbourne at the age of 21, where he passed his examinations successfully, and became a member of the firm of Ashworth and Oakley, later known as Ashworth and Williams. In December, 1914, he enlisted in the reinforcements as a sapper, and left for the front a few weeks later. He was at the landing on Gallipoli on 25th April, 1915, and helped to make the first roads and bridges. After 10 days he was wounded, and evacuated to Malta. Returning to the war zone he was employed on the staff drawing plans of new trenches. He was soon promoted to the rank of 2nd lieutenant, and after reaching France to lieutenant.

He fell at the battle of Pozieres on July 22nd. He had been drawing a plan of new trenches, and as he flashed his torch on his work for a moment a sniper shot him.

Mr. Ashworth, his partner, regards his death as a serious loss in the ranks of Melbourne's junior architectural prac- titioners.

96 LIEUTENANT A. S. WILLIAMS.

97 LIEUTENANT E. A. WINTER, son of Mrs. A. Winter, East Gippsland, was born at Cassilis, Victoria, in 1892. Until he was 15 years old he went to the State School, and then the Melbourne Church of England Grammar, where he remained for four years. In 1911 he entered the University to study Engineering, but during his fourth year decided to enlist without waiting for the final examinations. He was sent first to Broadmeadows, then to Seymour, and sailed as a sergeant in 1916. After being for some time in Egypt he was transferred to Salisbury Plain, and from thence to Southampton, where he attended a Bombing School, subsequently being offered a position as bombing instructor, which he refused, because he " wished to go to the front with his mates." In 1916 he gained his first star, and the second sonic months later. He was also an Intelligence Officer for some time. On May 5th, 1917, he succumbed to wounds received at Bullecourt on the previous day, and was buried in the Greviellers Cemetery. Many of his brother officers testify to his sterling worth. One writes—" He was a brave man, respected by all for his courage and devotion to duty."

98 LIEUTENANT E. A. WINTER.

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Title: Photographs and lives of the fallen

Date: 1919

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