Their Stories
Sixty thousand Australians were killed in World War I. 156 thousand were wounded, gassed or taken prisoner. 438 thousand were injured or became sick through other causes - we call these 'non-battle casualties'. Not all of their stories have been told, but each one has a story....
Captain Thomas Jack M.C.
Twenty-three year-old Thomas Jack was killed near Proyart in France on 12 August 1918, leading a company of 100 diggers. His father wrote of him,
A brilliant scholar, fine athlete, and of loveable disposition. Passed all examinations at school, in his profession as a dentist, and in the military, top of list.
'the graves of my two boys are adjacent to one another...'
Lieutenant Ronald Henderson lies at rest beside his brother Private Hugh Henderson in the Adelaide Cemetery at Villers-Bretonneux.