William Frederick Mawson was born in 1893 to Frederick William and Mary Mawson. Prior to the war, William was employed for 5 years as a carpenter with his older brother John who was a partner in Garrett & Mawson, architects and builders of Box Hill. At the age of 22, he enlisted on the 15 July 1915 and was assigned to the 5th Field Company of Engineers, training as a sapper. William served for nearly 2 years and was killed in 1917, only months before the end of the war whilst putting up barbed wire at Oestoik. His body was brought back the 4 miles from Oestoik to Lille Gate, Ypres in Belgium. William wrote a diary, the original of which was donated to Anzac House by his great-nephew John Howden. This diary was borrowed by the Surrey Hills Historical Society for the exhibition 'Gallipoli and beyond' mounted in Boroondara libraries and council spaces during 2015. The diary was then transcribed by Sandra Dexter and limited copies were printed by the Surrey Hills Historical Society. This framed photo authenticates the identification of this soldier whose photo was taken by the Darge company (Dasey1498) and uploaded to the Australian War Memorial online collection, but initially mis-idetified as Manson. His name appears on the panels of names on The Shrine in the Surrey Gardens and a profile of him is included in Sandra Dexter's book 'People of The Shrine' launched on Remembrance Day 2025. Framed photograph of soldier within fabric inset, embroidered with English and Australian flags, white ribbon at base of green wreath which surrounds photo. frederick william mawson, mary mawson, surrey hills, garrett & mawson, william frederick mawson, carpenter, 14 bona vista avenue, architects, world war 1, world war, 1914-1918, diaries, sandra dexter