From:Rocky Hill War Memorial Museum
Name/TitlePhoto Album made by Gunner Alfred Lumley Chapman
About this objectAn album created by Gunner Alfred Lumley Chapman during his service in World War One, and follows his service from Australia to Europe.
Gunner Alfred Lumley CHAPMAN, Regimental number 37390, born Wellington, NSW, religion Church of England, occupation Station Manager, enlisted in the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces 20 February 1917, aged 27 and single. His rank on enlistment was Gunner and his Unit name was Field Artillery Brigade, Reinforcement 30 and they embarked from Sydney, NSW on board HMAT A15 Port Sydney on 5 November 1917.
Alfred's address was Lumley Park, Bungonia, NSW and his next of kin was his mother, Mrs Jane Rachael Chapman, Lumley Park, Bungonia, NSW. His rank from nominal roll was Gunner and his unit was 5th Field Artillery Brigade and he returned to Australia 4 July 1919. He was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal. Alfred Lumley Chapman married Violet B Levick at Hunters Hill in 1921.
Many of the photographs have been captioned, with both dates and an explanation of the scene. The album has been well preserved, with many of the images still in amazing condition.
These pictures show just a selection of the images within this album, with the entire album available in the attached PDF.
Photos include the first page titled 'Liverpool - Dixies and Tea Buckets ready for mess orderlies; The Mess-orderlies; Leaving Dalgety's Wharf, Sydney, 5th Nov 1917; Port Jackson; 'Good-bye!; S.S. Premier, Port Jackson; Passing the Heads, Sydney; New Pier, Port Melbourne; A View in Melbourne.
Page 2 top 'Transport 'Port Sydney'. Moving Out; Leaving New Peir, Port Melbourne, 3rd Nov 1917; Sports Day - Wheelbarrow Race;Mathias ^ A.L.C.^,;Some of the 30th Reinforcements; A Boxing Match; Sports Day - Waiting for the First Event; Sports Day - Some of the spectators 22 Nov 1917; Sports Day - Spar fighting.
Page 3 top 'Transport 'Port Sydney' Spar-fighting; Sports Day - Sack Race 22 Nov 1917;, The Sack Race; The Barber at work; Tug-o-war (won by Queensland) 2 Nov 1917; 'Crossing the Line; - waiting for the fun 24 Nov 1917;Father Neptune and his train; 'Crossing the Line' celebrations 24 Nov 1917; 'I'm with him!'.
Page 4 Transport 'Port Sydney' 'Washing day; Transport 'Wiltshire' near Colombo 26 Nov 1917;Hanging Out to Dry; Passing the Breakwater, Colombo 27 Nov 1917; Being towed ashore past a Japanese cruiser, Colombo Harbour 27 Nov 1917; The 'Port Sydney' from a barge 27 Nov 1917; At Sea;Troops going ashore on a barge, Colombo 27 Nov 1917; Sunset.
Page 5 Troops going ashore at Colombo 27 Nov 1917; A view in Colombo; Troops, Diving Boys, and Coaling Boats; Natives coaling the transport; Bags of Coal handed up from man to man; Coaling at Colombo, 27th Nov 1917; A Ricksha Ride; A promontory of Somaliland near Cape Guardafui 5th De 1917; Unloading Motor lorries.
Page 6 The 'Port Sydney' at Suez; Entrance to Post Teufic, looking out to sea,;On the Wharf, Port Teufic; A rest on the way to Suez Camp, 12 Dec 1917; Leaving Alexandria on the 'Karoa'; Port Tuefic, Suez; Suez Camp; A.L.C. second from the right 14 Dec 1917; Pitching Tents, Suez.
Page 7 Aeroplane smash, Suez. Pilot unhurt 14 Dec 1917; Moving a shed at Suez 16 De c 1917; The Shed was moved about 500 yards; At Suez Camp; Aerodrome, Suez; Making a drain; In Suez; Sweetwater Canal; Suez Reservoir; In the Desert.
Page 8. A mountain west of Suez Camp; Troops washing, Suez, Unloading motor-lorries, Alexandria 18 Dec 1917; A Seaplane, 21 Dec 1917; Taranto from the Sea; Part of the escort, Meditteranean Sea; Entrance to inner harbour, Taranto 21 Dec 1917; Approaching the Entrance; Taranto Harbour.
Page 9. Entrance to inner harbour, Taranto - 40 yds wide; Entering the inner harbour, 21 Dec 1917; Passing the Entrance, Taranto 21 Dec 1917; Outer Harbour, Taranto - two submarines; Within the inner har bour 21 Dec 1917; Italian warships, Tarango har bour; Camp huts, Taranto, specially brought from England; Transport 'Karoa' Alexandria to Taranto; Sheep at Taranto - all black.
Page 10. An Italian railway station; A view from the train; A snow scene; Our train in Italy; Crossing a stream; A view in Italy; In the country; A.L.C. on train-guard, St Germains 2 Jan 1918; Passing through a town in France,
Page 11. Part of R.B.A.A. Camp, Heytesbury; Signal Section, R.B.A.A. Camp; The Sports on Easter Monday, 1918; Y.M.C.A. hut, Heylesbury; Outside No. 2 Battery Orderly Room, - Earth, stones, cement; Inspection of Guard etc, No. 2 Battery; Huts of Signal Section; Ready to go through the gas chamber; Distributing Xmas Comforts.
Page 12. The road from Heytesbury to Codford; A tree next Heytesbury House; A test on the Codford road; A stream near Heytesbury Camp; Heytesbury Manor House; G. Broadhead, G. Boyd near the Camp; 12th Century monastery, Knock; Anglican Church, Heytesbury; An Old Mill, Upton Lovell.
Page 13. A street scene in London; Motor-car driven by gas. The gas is stored in the bag above; In Upton Lovell; Warmister; The Inn, Upton Lovell; In Suez; No. 1 Signal Section, Heytesbury, just before leaving for France, April 1918.
Page14. Buried Cable - Laying out the guiding tape; Preparing the Cable; Commencing the Cable-Trench Corbie; Hard at Work; The Cable laid out, the Trench finished; The Trench filled in; A shell bursting near the cable on the Amien Road.; Military Cemetery, Bailleul; Dugouts along Villers-Bretonneux - Amiens Railway.
Page 15. Dugouts - Villers-Bretonneux Railway; Brigade Headquarters Dugout; Burying the Cable, V-B Railway; Digging the Cable - Trench; Cable Waggons; Glisy; Signal Coys Horse Lines; Horse Lines, Glisy; Signal Coy, Dugouts, Glisy.
Page 16. A Bombed Bridge near Glisy; The Bridge from above; A Scene in Henencourt; A 4.5 Battery; A street in Henencourt; An Old Mill; Chateau Baizieux; Amiens; Chateau Baizieux.
Page 17. A Chat-hunt, Ravelsberg; A Military Bridge between Guerrieu and Pont Noyelles; River Somme near Picquigny; A street in Querrieu; Eglise Pont Noyelles; River Anere near Querrieu; Chateau Querrieu - back; A French water-cart; chateau Querrieu - front.
Page 18. An Aeroplane Smash; A British Aeroplane; Hotel de Ville Bailleul; Ruins, Bailleul; Captured German Guns; 6th Inf Brigade on the way to the Somme; a German Tank; A British tank destroyed near Bray; A captured German tank.
Page 19. The Gas-school, Ravelsberg; The Signal Coy at Ravelsberg; The Signal Coy Cable Waggons; Bursting shrapnel; Football in the Snow; the Signal Coy. Limbers; 15th Battery v 1st Section. Won by Former. January 1919; The Final of the Competition; 13th v 15th Battery: 6 points to 3. February 1919.
Page 20. Thuin, France Jan-Feb 1919; 3 Views of Thuin from the East. Our billets were near the Church; Thuin-Ovest Railway Station; Barges on River Sambre; A chateau near the Railway Station; Looking up the river towards Lobbes; The Railway bridge over the river; The flood gates of Thuin - winter;
Page 21. Thuin - 15th Battery Gun Park; Gun Park, Thuin; Gun Park from the side; The town of Lobbes; Lobbes from Thuin Road; ice on some rock at Thuin; Floodgates at Thuin in Summer; the River at Thuin, Lobbes in the distance; The railway station, Armentieres.
Page 22. Belgium 1919; Bruges from the belfry-tower; A Fort on the waterfront, Antwerp; The Market-square, Bruges; 3 Scenes in Brussels; The Botanical Gardens, Brussels; The Royal Palace, Brussels; Brussels Cathedral.
Page 23. A Road near Waterloo; The Mound, Waterloo; Hougomont Farm, Waterloo; The Cyclorama Waterloo; the Waterfront, Ostend; H.M.S. Vindictive,Ostend; En route for England-outside the church at Thuin; En route for England - 44th Quota at Havre 6th May 1919; Part of the A.G.B.D. Camp at Havre. Last page Warminster; Greenhills House (Y.M.C.A.), Warminster; Between Warminster and Sutton-Veny; The Pall Mall; St James' Park; Queen Victoria Memorial; The Rhino, Regents Park; After a Job; The Pall Mall.
MakerAlfred Lumley Chapman
Maker RolePhotographer
Date Madec. 1914-1918
PeriodEarly-20th-Century
Place MadeAustralia
Medium and MaterialsCardboard, Photographic Paper,
Style and IconographyPhotograph
TechniquePrinting
Measurements25 pages
Subject and Association KeywordsAlfred Lumley Chapman
Subject and Association KeywordsAustralian Imperial Force (AIF)
Subject and Association KeywordsAustralian expierence of war
Object TypePhotograph Albums
Object number2021.706.24
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved
PDF Files2021_706_24.pdf
