Studio portrait of five soldiers. Identified, left to right, back row: Lieutenant (Lt) Harold ...

Studio portrait of five soldiers. Identified, left to right, back row: Lieutenant (Lt) Harold Ewart Partridge, of Kangaroo Island, SA; Lt Ernest George Radford, originally of Ilford, England; and Lt Matthew (Mat) Absom, of West Geelong, Vic. Front row: Lt Robert Snowden Demaine, of Canterbury, Vic; probably Lt Charles John Jacobs, of St Kilda, Vic. Lt Partridge, a district clerk, enlisted on 26 April 1915 and embarked from Adelaide aboard HMAT Benalla on 27 October 1915, as a member of the 6th Reinforcements, 27th Battalion. He returned to Australia on 1 May 1919 as a captain and a member of the 10th Battalion. Lt Radford, an insurance manager, enlisted on 27 March 1915 and embarked from Brisbane aboard HMAT Aeneas on 29 June 1915 as s member of the Machine Gun Section, 25th Battalion. He returned to Australia on 9 August 1919 as a major and a member of the 4th Machine Gun Battalion. Lt Absom, a bank teller, embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ceramic on 23 November 1915 as a member of the 12th Reinforcements, 6th Battalion. He returned to Australia on 12 May 1919. Lt Demaine, a student, enlisted on 13 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Demosthenes on 29 December 1915, as a private with service number 4166, with the 13th Reinforcements, 6th Battalion. He returned to Australia on 15 May 1919. Lt Jacobs, an agent, enlisted on 4 October 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard RMS Moldavia on 5 October 1915 as a member of the 6th Reinforcements, 21st Battalion. He returned to Australia 5 November 1917.