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Ballarat Heritage Services
Image, The Heat of Battle, Gallipoli, 1915, 19/05/1915
... 9th battery... of the 9th Battery engaging the Turks on 19 May 1915. The battery... and white photographic image of four soldiers of the 9th Battery ...Black and white photographic image of four soldiers of the 9th Battery engaging the Turks on 19 May 1915. The battery was in position on McCay's Ridhe, and was shooting over Olive Grove. world war one, gallipoli, 9th battery, mccay's ridge, artillary -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - SOLDIERS PHOTOGRAPH, 2013
... "Andrew Keith Guy VX 37836" "8th Battery, 2/3rd L.A.A., 9th... tone of A.K Guy. "Andrew Keith Guy VX 37836" "8th Battery, 2 ...Andrew Keith Guy VX37836 enlisted in the 2nd AIF on 23.7.40. He served in the Seige of Tobruk, the Middle East and Pacific Island Campaigns. At discharge from the AIF he was a Gunner in 2/3rd Aust L.A.A Regt. Refer 129, 130.3, 133.2, 134.Photograph, copy in sepia tone of A.K Guy."Andrew Keith Guy VX 37836" "8th Battery, 2/3rd L.A.A., 9th Div. A.I.F"photography, photographs, copies, military histories -
Victorian Interpretive Projects Inc.
Photograph - Digital, Troopship Wiltshire, 1918, c1918
The HMAT A18 Wiltshire (1912-1922) weighed 10,390 tons with an average cruise speed of 13.5 knots or 25.00 kmph. Described as a refrigerated steamship it was b uilt 1912 by John Brown, Clydebank for the Federal S N Co Ltd, London and was propelled by a twin screw, quadruple expansion engine 2 x 4 cylinders each 6500 hp. Owned by the Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd, London, it was leased by the Commonwealth until 2 October 1917. It embarked from Egypt on 2 February 1918. On 18 October 1914 at Melbourne embarked the 4th Light Horse Regiment (Victoria) A, B & C squadron & their Machine Gun Section, the 2nd Field Ambulance (Victoria) First Division. The disembarked the 4th Light Horse Regiment in Egypt on 10 December 1914. On 01 November 1914 The Wiltshire assembled with the first convoy at King George's Sound, Albany Western Australia in transporting the first detachment of the Australian and New Zealand Imperial Expeditionary Forces. It completed nine transport voyages from Australia commencing 18 October 1914 until final voyage from Sydney 9th November 1918. During that time The Wiltshire carried the 4th Field Artillery Brigade (Victoria) 2nd Division Artillery and their 1st Reinforcements, 1st Division Ammunition Column 1st Division Artillery 4th Reinforcements, thirty-four Infantry Battalion Reinforcements, the 10th, 11th & 12th Field Artillery Battery (Victoria) 4th Field Artillery Brigades, the 4th Brigade Ammunition Column 4th Field Artillery Brigade, the 1st Siege Artillery Brigade 15th Reinforcements, the 4th Light Horse Regiment (Victoria) A, B & C squadron & their Machine Gun Section, six Light Horse Brigade Reinforcements, the 1st Veterinary Section (New South Wales) 11th Reinforcements, the 1st Mobile Veterinary Section (New South Wales) 1st Division 11th Reinforcements, the 2nd Mobile Veterinary Section (Victoria, New South Wales) 2nd Division 11th Reinforcements, the 1st Cyclist Battalion (New South Wales and Queensland) 3rd Reinforcements, the 2nd Field Ambulance (Victoria) First Division & Medical Officers. After the conclusion of World War One is was wrecked Rosalie Bay, Great Barrier Island New Zealand 31 May 1922 on passage London for Dunedin. Onboard was a crew of 103 plus 1 stowaway, and 10,000 ton of general cargo. No lives lost and is now a well frequented 'Dive' wrecksite. (http://www.flotilla-australia.com/hmat.htm#A18)Photographic postcard of the troopship Wiltshire out at sea.world war one, world war, wiltshire, troop ship, mmm