Informal portrait of 3150 Sergeant (Sgt) Stanley Henry Kirby, DCM, 16th Field Ambulance and ...

Informal portrait of 3150 Sergeant (Sgt) Stanley Henry Kirby, DCM, 16th Field Ambulance and Company Sergeant Major (CSM) Sullivan (later killed in action) outside an armed services window display in London. Sgt Kirby enlisted on 8 March 1915 and returned to Australia on 16 March 1919. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) on 19 October 1917. Unable to further identify CSM Sullivan. From the collection of Mr Alfred Thomas Sharp. Mr Sharp was the Commonwealth Immigration Officer of Victoria and was based in the London Office during the First World War. He and his wife hosted and visited many soldiers, particularly those from Victoria, who were recuperating in London. He also photographed many Australian graves in English cemeteries. His photograph collection relating to this period in London was bequeathed to the Memorial in 1922 after his death. During his time in London he was a member of the British Volunteer Regiment, serving with the Willesden Battalion, Middlesex Volunteer Regiment.