The military authorities desire the next of kin of the following soldiers to communicate with the Officer in Charge, Base Records, Melbourne, at the earliest possible moment.
The following names were listed:
Captain William Hildrige Armstrong MACDONNELL
Captain Dugald Maxwell Lockwood GRAHAM
1973 Private Charles Napier MORTON
1894 Private Walter Vivian ELLIOTT
2152 Private Joseph GRANT
5074 Private John DOYLE
732 Private Alfonso Juan Stewart ISBEL
6522 Driver Charles Guy KELLY
76A Gunner Arthur Edward LLOYD
58113 Private David Sunley JOPLING
On reflection we ask ourselves: Who were these men and what happened to their next of kin?
This album will try to unravel the story.
Captain William Hildrige Armstrong MACDONNELL, a 22 year old Metallurgical engineer from Brisbane, Queensland. He enlisted in the AIF on 20 January 1916 and was allotted to the 42nd Battalion, A Company which embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 5 June 1916. During the Great War MACDONNELL was Killed in Action, 3 July 1918.
Brisbane Courier, 1 January 1920, p. 9.