1451 Private (Pte) Elmer Glew of the 8th Battalion by a lake in Regents Park. Pte Glew enlisted ...

1451 Private (Pte) Elmer Glew of the 8th Battalion by a lake in Regents Park. Pte Glew enlisted on 3 December 1914; he received a gunshot wound to the right eye on 25 April 1915 at Gallipoli and subsequently lost the sight in his other eye, returning to Australia on 14 January 1917. 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.