World War One photograph album [PRG 1717/5/1-93] • Photograph
Field Ambulance in the snow.
'My car in the snow, Christmas 1917'. The car driven by No. 984 Driver Mervyn Graham. He served with the 4th Field Ambulance from August to December 1916 in France, and was then transferred to the 4th Division Supply Column in France, until 1918.
Australian camp in snow.
Australian camp and ambulance vehicles covered in snow, France.
Australian troops by an ambulance.
Two Australian soldiers in World War One military uniforms standing by a truck with a red cross on the side. A woman wearing a long dress is standing in between the men. Caption on reverse: 'A view in France on the Somme'. Mervyn Douglas Graham is the soldier on the right, aged about 21 years. He was a Driver with the 4th Field Ambulance and the 4th Division Supply Column.
View of Peronne.
A view of the destroyed buildings and streets in Peronne, France, Christmas 1917.
Group portrait of ten men wearing civilian clothing, possible convalescents at a military hospital. Three men in the back row are wearing AIF slouch hats, the man on the left has a pipe in his mouth, and the man on the right has his head bandaged. Written on reverse: '4 for Mordecai. No 4 Au Bon Air'.
Photograph album of No.984 Driver Mervyn Douglas Graham taken during active service overseas in Gallipoli, France and England during the First World War. Written on front of album: 'M.D. Graham. Queen St, Gawler Sth, Gawler'. Photographs include: sea voyage from Australian to Europe and the Middle East, stopping at Cape Town, locations in England including Devonport, Salisbury and London, Australian soldiers in England and France, troop ships and battle ships. Selected images have been digitised. See below for details.
Award for valour presentation.
Assembly for a presentation of awards for valour where No.6182 Sergeant Clarence James Graham received his Distinguished Conduct Medal for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in driving a motor ambulance along roads which were being heavily shelled by machine gun fire, 14 March 1919. Sergeant Graham served with the 4th Field Ambulance, Reinforcement 11, and the 4th Motor Transport Company.
Mervyn Graham in hospital.
Mervyn Douglas Graham in bed, sick with influenza, in a hospital in France. There is a female nurse lying next to him on the bed, and an Australian flag draped across the bed head.
Soldier on a bicycle.
Unidentified soldier wearing a large trenchcoat and riding a bicycle, possibly in France.
Australian soldiers on a bridge.
A group of six Australian soldiers in World War One military uniform, posing on a small stone bridge over a creek, near Etaples, in France.
Australian soldiers near Etaples.
A group of eight Australian soldiers wearing World War One military uniforms, posing on a brick wall, near Etaples in France.
Small boy in military uniform.
Portrait of a young boy, about 5 years old, wearing a First World War military uniform. He is standing in a garden.