Collection related to Ernest William Lacy

Australian mail being distributed to men of the 1st Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance in Chailak Dere, Anzac. Back row, left to right: Private (Pte) Wyatt (774 Victor Albert Wyatt); Pte Smith (1771 Henry Boake Smith or 81 Clarence Smith); Pte Munday (824 Walter Clarence Munday); Pte Mackie (behind) (51 James Watson Mackie); unidentified; hat); Pte Hanleon (wearing pith hat) (1801 Clifforde Hanleon); Pte Oliver (barechested) (102 Francis Oliver); Staff Sergeant Jewkes (930 George Gilbert Jewkes). Front row: Pte McRae (1775 Finlay O’Neill McRae); Pte A D Morrow (barechested) (98 Andrew Duncan Morrow, DOW 21 July 1916, France); Corporal Cambridge (6 Charlie Cambridge); Pte Killner (wearing braces) (42 George Gordon Killner); Pte Boden (cap hat) (40 William Frank Boden); unidentified (barechested, front); unidentified (holding mail); unidentified (face on, wearing hat); unidentified (in front, side on); Pte Roach (barechested, turned back hat) (3531 Albert Francis Roach); Pte Morris, “The Poet” (no hat, holding mail) ((97 Alfred Prichard Kington Morris); Sergeant Hall (under cover) (63 Joseph Rex Hall). Pte Morris was a journalist and member of the Australian Literature Society. Prior to his service at Gallipoli, he organised poetry nights in camp in Egypt. He wrote poems which he sent to family members in Australia and to British and Australian newspapers. Morris also took an interest in the poetry written by fellow soldiers. (See also C03613)