Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Private H T Swindells, courtesy of

http://ww1vic.gravesecrets.net/sw.html

Swindells H T    Pte    602    Herbert Troy              8 Inf Bn    23    Baker    Single    C of E       

Address:    Moonee Ponds, Elizabeth St, 6   

Next of Kin:    Swindells, Mary L, Mrs, 6 Elizabeth St, Moonee Ponds   

Enlisted:    18 Aug 1914       

Embarked:     A24 Benalla 19 Oct 1914   

The Swindells family prior to the war.  Bert Swindells is standing in the

back row fourth from the left.  Courtesy of  Margaret Anne Cameron

Album, containing annotated photographs depicting scenes in Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos and Malta. No indication of the compiler's or photographer's name is given. Photographs include men in the 6th, 7th, 8th and 14th Battalions; the 7th and 8th Battalions leaving Mena for Ismailia (1915); the crossing of the Panama Canal on the transport Jaika (Dec. 1918); troops on the Minnewaska en route for Gallipoli and on the Osmanick at Gallipoli; the terrain, and men in the trenches. Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria Collection.   http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/185607

Several photos in the album mention that the people in the photographs are battalion cooks.  The "Bert Glangell" is most likely William Henry Herbert GANGELL, who was a baker in 8th Battalion.  His Regimental number was 557 to Bert Swindells 602.  Bert's service record doesn't clarify whether he was employed as a cook, but given his civilian occupation of baker, he may well have been.  Relatives of Herbert Swindells confirm that they believe Bert Swindles in the photograph is their relative.   Photographs on this page are not in any chronological order, and include photos labelled Zeitoun, Mena and Broadmeadows.  Given the sand underfoot we will take the photo to have been taken in Egypt.

Detail of "Bert Swindles" from the previous photo.

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