Two soldiers, both from Geelong, Vic, standing in a London street. 1120 Private (Pte) Horace ...

Two soldiers, both from Geelong, Vic, standing in a London street. 1120 Private (Pte) Horace Edgar Brownhill of the 31st Battalion, enlisted 12 July 1915 and returned to Australia on 21 July 1917. The soldier on the right is Lieutenant (Lt) Ernest Jesse Joseph Hooper of the 12 Battalion of the South Wales Borderers. Lt Hooper went to France shortly after the photograph was taken and died 21 November 1917, aged 22 years. He is memorialised at Cambrai, Louverval, France. 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.