| Accession Number | P05690.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Bendigo |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Group portrait of William Henry and Eliza Jane (nee Keast) Moyle with their seventeen children. ...
Description
Group portrait of William Henry and Eliza Jane (nee Keast) Moyle with their seventeen children. Seven of the Moyle sons served during the First World War. Pictured from left to right, from top row: 61030 Private (Pte) James Moyle, of 9th General Service Reinforcements; 5439 Pte Leslie Mafikin Moyle, of the 17th Reinforcements, 6th Battalion; Stanley Moyle; 6544 Pte William John Moyle, of the 21st Reinforcements, 14th Battalion; Herbert Moyle; 4477 Pte Ivor Reuben Moyle of the 11th Reinforcements, 21st Battalion. Middle row: Ethol Moyle; Ernest Moyle; 4028 Pte Walter Edgar Moyle, of the 6th Motor Transport Company; George Thomas Moyle; William Henry Moyle; 2400 Driver (Dvr) Charles Moyle, of the 7th Reinforcements, 7th Battalion; 15152 Pte Richard John Moyle, of the 14th Australian General Hospital; Florence Moyle. Bottom row: Bertha Moyle; Clara Eliza Moyle; Eliza Jane Moyle; Susan Moyle; and Lily Moyle. 61030 Pte James Moyle died of influenza during the 1918 epidemic, on board the troopship HMAT Barambah (A37) on 17 October 1918, and was buried at sea off the coast of Sierra Leone. A memorial stone for Pte James Moyle is located at the Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton. The images of Pte James Moyle and William Henry Moyle were added after the photograph was taken. Clara Moyle's son 1836 Pte George Thomas Moyle (not pictured) served with the 5th Battalion.