| Accession Number | P02560.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white, Portrait |
| Physical description | Black & white, Portrait |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | c November 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Dover, England. Studio portrait 3277 Driver (Dvr) Colin Douglas Grant Love MM, 2nd Australian ...
Description
Dover, England. Studio portrait 3277 Driver (Dvr) Colin Douglas Grant Love MM, 2nd Australian Motor Transport Company (AMTC), Australian Army Service Corps, (front left) with two other soldiers, known to be 3253 Dvr Robert Dudley Baird, 2nd AMTC and 3262 Bombardier Harold Rylah Peart, 2nd Divisional Artillery Column. Dvr Love was attached to the 6th Australian Field Ambulance. He was awarded the Military Medal (MM) on 10 June 1918 'for great courage and devotion to duty' during the successful attack near Albert, when he had driven his ambulance continously for about 12 hours and under heavy shelling to evacuate wounded soldiers. The three soldiers enlisted in March 1915; however, Dvr Love did not survive the war. He was killed in action on 18 August 1918 in France and was buried in Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France.