The evocative photographs in this exhibition are from two soldiers' albums held by the State Library of South Australia.
One belonged to twenty-five year old carpenter, Harold Vynne Woods, who enlisted at Morphettville on 22 September 1914, joining the 4th Field Ambulance. After promotion to Sergeant he was selected to attend No. 5 Officers' Cadet Battalion in England. Upon qualifying for a commission he was promoted to Lieutenant. Woods was wounded in France in May 1918 and returned to Australia in October 1918. After the war he lived at Victor Harbor. He died on 20 December 1993, aged 104.
The second album was donated to the State Library some years ago on behalf of the Woolford family. Unfortunately we do not know which member of the family served at Gallipoli or who took the photographs.
Also featured is the painting of Lt Ralph Claridge entitled For the Empire : a wounded Anzac.
