Portrait of 5433 Lieutenant (Lt) (previously Sapper) Harold Luke Horner Chambers, MM, 59th ...

Portrait of 5433 Lieutenant (Lt) (previously Sapper) Harold Luke Horner Chambers, MM, 59th Battalion and Mrs A T Sharp at her home at 17 Powis Gardens, Golder's Green, London. Lt Chambers enlisted on 26 December 1914 and returned to Australia on 13 April 1919. He was awarded the Military Medal for his actions at Polziers as a Sapper with the 5th Field Company Australian Engineers in August 1916. The award was gazetted on 19 April 1917. From the collection of Mr Alfred Thomas Sharp. Mr Sharp was the Commonwealth Immigration Officer of Victoria and was based in the London Office during the First World War. He and his wife hosted and visited many soldiers, particularly those from Victoria, who were recuperating in London. He also photographed many Australian graves in English cemeteries. His photograph collection relating to this period in London was bequeathed to the Memorial in 1922 after his death. During his time in London he was a member of the British Volunteer Regiment, serving with the Willesden Battalion, Middlesex Volunteer Regiment.