Gallipoli Album, May 1915
Gallipoli Album, May 1915
Welcome to the Gallipoli Album, May 1915.

As casualties lists from the Gallipoli Campaign became known in Australia from early May 1915, it became a practice to publish a photograph of individuals. These photographs were supplied by the families of the person on the casualty list. There were few photographs published in relation to the number of casualties listed. To give the extent of the human tragedy that unfolded, the photographs were extracted from the various newspapers and placed in this album. Each photograph is clearly identified to an individual and brief details are given as a short biography.

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Robert William Laws CHAMBERS
Robert William Laws CHAMBERS 
 

Lieutenant Robert William Laws CHAMBERS, a 21 year old Draftsman from 172 Merthyr Road, New Farm, Queensland. He enlisted on 3 September 1914 and was allotted to the 9th Battalion, A Company which embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A5 Omrah on 24 September 1914. During the Gallipoli Campaign he was Wounded in Action, 25 April, 1915. He subsequently Killed in Action at Mouquet Farm, France, 21 August 1916.

Sydney Mail, 5 May 1915, p. 12.