| Accession Number | P05459.002 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Photo by Folker |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London |
| Date made | c 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of brothers, 10963 Driver (Dvr) Alfred Ernest Woolf, 3rd Divisional Train (left), ...
Description
Studio portrait of brothers, 10963 Driver (Dvr) Alfred Ernest Woolf, 3rd Divisional Train (left), and 3984 Private (Pte) Victor Louis Herman (Vic) Woolf, 8th Battalion. A grocer of East Brunswick, Vic, Dvr Alfred Woolf enlisted on 7 August 1915 and sailed aboard HMAT Persic with the 22nd Company on 3 June 1916. He was recommended for a Military Medal (MM) on 22 March 1918 after bravely handling bolting heavy draft horses under shell fire. Dvr Woolf returned to Australia on 11 May 1919. Pte Victor Woolf, a leatherworker of East Brunswick, Vic, enlisted on 13 July 1915 and sailed with the 12th Reinforcements aboard HMAT Ceramic on 23 November 1915. He was killed in action, aged 22, on 9 August 1918 in France and is buried at Rosieres Communal Cemetery, France.