Cooking house at training camp in Seymour.kitchen, cooking, ww1, world war 1, seymour army camp, training camp, seymour, aif, a.i.f

Les Chandler. Pacifist who was a stretcher bearer on the Western Frontww1, world war 1, aif, a.i.f, les chandler

In Egypt.egpyt, soldier, rickshaw, natives, ww1, world war 1, aif, a.i.f

Les Chandler was an avid bird watcher and naturalist who taught himself every aspect of photography so he could capture his obsession. bug catching, net, soldier, ww1, world war 1, aif, a.i.f

Les Chandler. Pacifist who was a stretcher bearer on the Western Front.portrait, les chandler, ww1, world war 1, aif, a.i.f

Western Front. Photo by Les Chandler.western front, soldiers, ww1, world war 1, aif, a.i.f

Western Frontsnow, winter, soldier, ww1, world war 1, aif, a.i.f

Photo by Les Chandler.hand coloured photoww1, soldier, world war 1, aif, a.i.f

Photo by Les Chandler.photoaif, a.i.f, ww1, world war 1, camp

Rows of graves from the Battle of Fromelles, then called Flerbaix. Among the graves is that of Captain Norman Gibbins, 55th Battalion, born in Ararat Victoria. A Gallipoli veteran, at Fromelles, Gibbins fought a desperate rear guard bombing action while under heavy German attack. It allowed many Australians including the wounded to get back to the safety of their own lines. When his path was blocked by dead and wounded Gibbins stood up and was fatally shot. His body was recovered and moved seven kilometres behind the lines where his grave was one of 111 Australians initially buried at Sailly-sur-la-lys. ww1, world war 1, cemetery, fromelles, flerbaix, norman gibbins, aif, a.i.f

Photo by Les Chandler.ww1, world war 1, aif, a.i.f

Les Chandler. Pacifist who was a stretcher bearer on the Western Front. Photo by Les Chandler. photoww1, world war 1, aif, a.i.f, soldiers

Les Chandler was an avid bird watcher and naturalist who taught himself every aspect of photography so he could capture his obsession.hand coloured photoww1, woman, field, world war 1, aif, a.i.f, soldier

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Les Chandler. Training at Seymour Army Camp.photoseymour, seymour army camp, training camp, ww1, world war 1, aif, a.i.f

Stretcher bearers (possibly some of Les Chandler’s own unit) carry a wounded soldier along ‘duck boards,’ wooden planking that allowed them to traverse the shell-holes and hellish mud of the Western Front. stretcher bearer, ww1, western front, world war 1, duck boards, aif, a.i.f

Les Chandler. Pacifist who was a stretcher bearer on the Western Front. He taught himself every aspect of photography. gallipoli, trench, soldiers, aif, a.i.f, ww1, world war 1

Les Chandler. Pacifist who was a stretcher bearer on the Western Front. Photo by Les Chandler. portrait, soldier, ww1, world war 1, aif, a.i.f

Les Chandler was an avid bird watcher and naturalist. A pacifist who was a stretcher bearer on the Western Front. Photo by Les Chandler.ww1, world war 1, aif, a.i.f, uniform, native

Soldiers disembarking at a port, possibly Colombo, while on route to war. photoaif, a.i.f, disembark, ww1, world war 1

Les Chandler. Pacifist who was a stretcher bearer on the Western Front. Photo by Les Chandler.camp, ww1, world war 1, aif, a.i.f

On the Western Front.photowestern front, resting, trench, ww1, world war 1, aif, a.i.f

Staff Sergeant Philpott among the medicine at Seymour or Broadmeadows Army Camp. Les Chandler spent some months gaining medical training before sailing to war in 1916.medicine, ww1, world war 1, aif, a.i.f

Les Chandler discharge certificate.certificateles chandler, discharge certificate, 1919, ww1, aif, a.i.f, world war 1

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