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Wallet 1 of 1 – Letter and photograph of Robert Leslie Holden, 1915-1916
Digitised Collection
Maker: Holden, Robert Leslie
Wallet 1 of 1 – Letter and photograph relating to the First World War service of 3827 Private Robert Leslie Holden, 11 Australian Infantry Battalion, 1915-1916. This collection consists of a photocop...AWM2020.22.124
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Wallet 1 of 1 - Letters from Albert Jacka relating to his wounding at the Battle of Pozières and recommendation for the Distinguished Service Order, 1916
Digitised Collection
Maker: Jacka, Albert
Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Albert Jacka VC, 14 Infantry Battalion, England, 1916. Wallet 1 of 1 - Contains two letters from Albert Jacka to Jack written at the 3...AWM2021.22.136
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Walsh, Ulric Kerwick MC (Lieutenant)
Private Record
Maker: Walsh, Ulric Kerwick
Collection of letters, postcards and photographs of Lieutenant (Lt) Ulric K Walsh who served with the 17th Battalion in France. Lt Walsh was awarded the Military Cross in May 1918 for his actions nea...PR01801
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Walther, Bernhardt Hermann (Captain, b.1895 - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Walther, Bernhardt Hermann
Three diaries of Captain Berhardt Hermann Walther (Machine Gun Section, 11th Battalion). They describe Walther's service from his departure from Australia in October 1914 until his death from wounds i...PR00937
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Wearing his German helmet (Pickelhaube), a souvenir of the battle of Pozieres, an unidentified ...
Photograph
Maker: British Official Photographer
Wearing his German helmet (Pickelhaube), a souvenir of the battle of Pozieres, an unidentified Australian soldier, probably of the 1st Battalion, shaves in a rear area. The leather satchels are also ...EZ0137
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Wellington, Nelson Frederick (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1889 - d.1952)
Private Record
Maker: Wellington, Nelson Frederick
PHOTOCOPY OF MESSAGE SENT FROM THE FRONT LINE REQUESTING ARTILLERY SUPORT AT POZIERES 1916. CAPTURED GERMAN PAY BOOK3DRL/4173
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White, Ralph Moreton (2nd Lieutenant)
Private Record
Maker: White, Ralph Moreton
Collection relating to service of Major Ralph Moreton White MC, 9 Battalion, Pozieres, France, 1916. Collection includes a note from White to his Commanding Officer reporting on battle progress and o...EXDOC007
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William Herbert Smith talks about about his experiences in 1st Division Signals Company during the First World War
Sound
Maker: Smith, William Herbert Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: reaction to war and reasons for enlisting; enlistment in the AIF May 1915; trained as a signaller; Gallipoli; attached to 1st Division Signal Company, No.3 Section, 3rd Infantry Brigade; su...S02068
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William Hunt Smith talks about his experiences in 6th Battalion AIF during the First World War
Sound
Maker: Smith, William Hunt Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; prewar employment; enlistment in the AIF July 1915; brother enlisted in the AIF served at Gallipoli and killed at Pozieres; mateship; rations; mud; life in the trenches; fought ...S02069
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William John Cox as a corporal, 15 Battery, 5 Brigade Artillery, France, 1916-1918 [Memoirs]
Sound
Maker: Cox, William John Cox, William John
Discusses: why Australia went to war; landing at Gallipoli; his enlistment during recruiting week in July 1915; pre-war employment; sent to Melbourne Showgrounds recruitment camp; issue of initial clo...S02207
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Wilson, David T P (Lance Corporal, 24th Bn, AIF b.1889 - d.1954)
Private Record
Maker: Wilson, David Temple Palmerston
DIARY IN 3 VOLUMES REWRITTEN FROM ORIGINAL C 1926/30 COVERING 1916-1919 DESCRIBING ENLISTMENT, STAGING IN EGYPT, TRAINING IN ENGLAND AND ACTION AT POZIERES AND ON THE SOMME, YPRES AND MT ST QUENTIN, W...PR86/341
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Woodland, Ernest Edwin (Gunner, b.1896 - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Unknown
Collection relating to the First World War service of 664 Gunner Ernest Edwin Woodland, 36th Australian Heavy Artillery Group and later 54th Siege Battery, France, 1917. Collection consists of two le...AWM2016.614.5
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WWI Cassidys too were there
Manuscript
Maker: Burgheim, Lyn and Peter
45p bound manuscript: 'WWI Cassidys too were there.' Describes the First World War experiences of 10 Cassidy family members together with the Second World War experiences of 2 family members. The manu...MSS2014