world war 1914 1918 • Find • State Library of South Australia

Private Collingwood and Private Hartwig.

1916, Photograph, B 46130/543

No. 488 Private Frederick George Collingwood (left) and No. 601 Private Walter Edward Hartwig, 11th Light Horse Regiment.

Unidentified soldier

1916, Photograph, B 46130/545

Unidentified soldier.

Kaiserliche Marine U-boat SM UC 5

c. 1916, Photograph, B 61710

Kaiserliche Marine mine laying U-boat SM UC 5. Commissioned in 1915, UC 5, after 29 patrols, ran aground on Shipwash Shoal in the North Sea on 27 April 1916. The crew attempted to scuttle UC 5 but the explosives failed and UC 5 and her crew were captured. UC 5 was placed on display for propaganda purposes in the Thames river, London, and later in Central Park, New York.

Canteen at Lark Hill army camp

c. 1917, Photograph, B 61711

GENERAL: Interior view of an army canteen at Lark Hill camp where soldiers and civilian men are sitting at tables near a serving counter in front of a display of canned produce and advertisements.

Interior of army building

c. 1917, Photograph, B 61712

GENERAL: Interior of an army building, possibly the Officers Mess at Lark Hill, three soldiers sit around the piano.

The Overseas Club, London

c. 1916, Photograph, B 61713

GENERAL: Bedroom accommodation at the Overseas Club, London, 4 August 1916.

New recruits for the Australian Army

1916, Photograph, B 62167

GENERAL: Group of young men who had enlisted for the Australian Army pose with a banner that says 'For King and Empire Adelaide 6.9.16'. Mr Neil MacKenzie sits third from the right, front row, he was 19 at the time.

Lieutenant Joseph Waine

c. 1915, Photograph, B 62355

PORTRAIT: Lieutenant Joseph Waine of Second Valley, an officer in the South Australian 50th Battalion who won the Military Cross at Messines, France, June 1917, and fought at Gallipoli in the 10th Battalion during 1915; he died 21 May 1941.

Members of the 9/10 Battalion Band

1919, Photograph, B 53928

GENERAL: Members of the 9/10 Battalion Band at the Hospital des Convalescents, UCCLE-Verrewinkel, Brussels, 19 February 1919.

Returning troops at Port Adelaide

c. 1919, Photograph, B 54150

Troops returning from service in WWI, waiting with their families to disembark from a returning troop ship. Sammy Lunn can be seen on the right of the dock, standing to the left of the flags, with his right arm raised.

Admiral Jellicoe at Port Adelaide

c. 1919, Photograph, B 54152

Three cheers being called for Admiral Jellicoe, his wife and the crew of H.M.S. New Zealand.

Gallipoli landing

1915, Photograph, B 54424

GENERAL: The landing beach at Gallipoli.

Army Officer's dug-out at Gallipoli

1915, Photograph, B 54425

GENERAL: Interior of an Army Officer's dug-out at Gallipoli.

Display in the Mortlock Library

State Library of South Australia, 1991, Photograph, B 54479

MORTLOCK LIBRARY: "The Original Anzac" display.

Adelaide Peace Day parade

1919, Photograph, B 55842

Adelaide Peace Day parade. The Chronicle newspaper 26 July 1919 reported "Mr. S. Lunn came in the wake of the veterans, bearing a large Australian flag, and two attendants carried (on his behalf) a decorative streamer with the words, 'Sammy's wish, peace at last". Samuel 'Sammy' Lunn, M.B.E., was a successful fundraiser for patriotic funds during WWI.

Nursing sisters on board a hospital ship

1915, Photograph, B 57607

GENERAL: Group of AANS and QAIMNS nursing sisters on board the hospital ship: SS Assaye returning to Egypt from England, November 1915. They had taken the wounded from Gallipoli to England in the previous month. Sister K.L. Conway, left, 2nd row from the front.

Nursing sisters on board a hospital ship

1915, Photograph, B 57608

GENERAL: Group of AANS and QAIMNS nursing sisters on board the hospital ship : SS Assaye. Sister K.L. Conway front row left.

Tractor used for hauling guns and equipment in the desert

c. 1915, Photograph, B 58173

GENERAL: Tractor used for hauling guns and equipment in the desert.

Racking saddles used by the mounted training squadron, at Moascar

c. 1915, Photograph, B 58174

GENERAL: Racking saddles used by the mounted training squadron, at Moascar.

Women volunteers at the Cheer-up Hut

c. 1917, Photograph, B 59823

CHEER-UP-HUT: Women volunteers at the Peterborough(?) Cheer-up Hut - 'Girls going up to join procession. Red Cross Drive Sept 12. They march as a cross'.

V. A. D. nurses marching along King William Street

c. 1917, Photograph, B 59824

ACRE 16: Contingent of V.A.D. nurses marching along King William Street with Effie Green leading them; the procession was in aid of a Red Cross fundraising drive.

Keswick Hospital : Ella Williams

1921, Photograph, B 26285/25

Ella Williams, Honorary Treasurer and joint Honorary Organiser 'Keswick Hospital Helpers', 1915-1921.

Keswick Hospital : Violet May Williams

1921, Photograph, B 26285/26

Violet May Williams, joint Honorary Organiser 'Keswick Hospital Helpers'. Poem on page "If we can let into some soul a little light, If we some pathway dark and drear can render bright, If we to one in gloom can show the sunny side, Though no reward we win, we shall be satisfied'.