Studio portrait of, left, 1620 Private (Pte) Henry Frederick Beitz, 49th Battalion, of Brisbane, ...

Studio portrait of, left, 1620 Private (Pte) Henry Frederick Beitz, 49th Battalion, of Brisbane, Qld, 379 Pte William Frederick Beitz, 41st Battalion, of Roma, Qld, and their mother Mrs Rachel Kirby. Henry and William were station hands prior to enlisting on 14 January 1916. Pte Henry Beitz embarked from Sydney with the 2nd Reinforcements on board SS Hawkes Bay on 20 April 1916. He was wounded in action in France on 4 April 1917 and returned to Australia in October 1919. Pte William Beitz embarked with the 41st Battalion from Sydney on board HMAT Demosthenes (A64) on 18 May 1916. He died, aged 20, on 4 March 1917 of wounds received in action in France.