![]() The painting is a carefully arranged still life with two British Mark 1 Brodie pattern steel helmets and a red ribbon positioned on a chair draped with a white sheet. It was painted in France in April 1918 and is signed with a monogram (JHC) in the lower right corner. Private William Daniels (Army Medical Corps, August 1916 Reinforcements) brought this and another similar painting back to Australia at the end of the First World War. On 12 August, in a unique gesture, King George V invested Monash in the field with the Knight Commander of the Bath award. Monash's own description was succinct: 'all over in ninety-three minutes.the perfection of teamwork.' Further successes followed, notably at Villers-Bretonneux and Amiens. He planned and commanded the corps first battle at Hamel on 4 July. In June 1918 Monash was given command of the Australian Corps. On the Western Front his innovative tactics, combined with extensive and meticulous preparation, met with great success. Sir John Monash is widely considered one of the First World War's outstanding commanders. It offered greater protection to the wearer's head and shoulders from shrapnel bursting above trench lines than previous designs. It was soon discarded by frontline troops in favour of a steel helmet.įrom 1916 until the end of the First World War, the Brodie helmet was issued to Australian soldiers serving on the Western Front. The ANZAC's iconic slouch hat offered little protection from shrapnel and bullets. ![]() The central motifs and the underlying quotation from the Bible evoke a Christian warrior. It was designed and manufactured by Brooks, Robinson & Co, Melbourne, in a simple Art Nouveau style. Wray led community fundraising for this commemorative window, which was installed in St Paul’s in 1903. In far off Castle Creek a well-attended memorial service for him was conducted by the Reverend FW Wray of St Paul’s Church, Euroa, who had recently returned from South Africa, where he too had suffered typhoid fever. ![]() He died, aged 23, on 16 August 1901 and is buried in Pretoria. Serving with the 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles (5VMR), he engaged with Boer forces across southern Africa, including the disastrous battle of Wilmansrust, Transvaal, where a Boer surprise attack resulted in significant casualties to the contingent.Ĭharlton survived battle only to succumb to typhoid. John Charlton, of Castle Creek, Victoria had belonged to the Euroa Rifle Club before enlisting and departing for service in South Africa in 1901.
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