Studio portrait of Captain Patrick Howard Auld, 4th Field Ambulance, who was a 20 year old ...

Studio portrait of Captain Patrick Howard Auld, 4th Field Ambulance, who was a 20 year old insurance clerk from Norwood, South Australia when he enlisted on 4 November 1914. He embarked for overseas as a Private from Melbourne on 22 December 1914 aboard HMAT Berrima. Following service at Gallipoli, he was transferred to the 50th Battalion and commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in March 1916 in Egypt. While serving on the Western Front in France, he was awarded a Military Cross for courage and energy in a difficult situation, although wounded at Mouquet Farm, France, on 3 September 1916. He was wounded for a second time on 2 April 1917 and evacuated to England for treatment. After returning to the front, he was captured at Villers-Bretonneux on 24 April 1918 and held as a prisoner of war in Germany until repatriated to England on 1 December 1918. Captain Auld returned to Australia on 25 March 1919. He later served in the Second World War from 8 September 1942 until 6 February 1943 and was discharged as a Major. One of 131 photographs displayed on an honour board showing members of the Adelaide Rowing Club who enlisted for active service in the First World War. The original is held by the Adelaide Rowing Club who kindly loaned the board to the Australian War Memorial for copying.