Collection related to Ernest William Lacy

Mail being distributed to men of the 1st Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance in Chailak Dere, Anzac. Back row, left to right: Corporal Cambridge (6 Charlie Cambridge); Private (Pte) Smith (1771 Henry Boake Smith or 81 Clarence Smith); unidentified (wearing cap hat); Pte Mackie (standing at rear) (51 James Watson Mackie); unidentified; unidentified; Pte Hanleon (wearing pith hat) (1801 Clifforde Hanleon); Pte Oliver (bare-chested) (102 Francis Oliver). Middle row: Pte Killner (42 George Gordon Killner); Pte Boden (wearing cap hat) (40 William Frank Boden); unidentified (bandaged hand); Pte Roach (bare-chested, turned back hat) (3531 Albert Francis Roach); unidentified (hat); Pte Morris, “The Poet” (ragged sleeves) (97 Alfred Prichard Kington Morris). Front row: three men unidentified. Pte Morris was a journalist and member of the Australian Literature Society. Prior to his service at Gallipoli, he organised poetry nights in camp in Egypt. He wrote poems which he sent to family members in Australia and to British and Australian newspapers. Morris also took an interest in the poetry written by fellow soldiers. (See also C03612)