Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Broadmeadows. Group portrait of Siege Artillery Brigade officers (SAB).

Back row, left to right, standing:

• Lieutenant (Lt) Henry Douglas Eyre Ralfe, a professional soldier of Sydney, NSW, Royal Australian Garrison Artillery (Pilots Certificate No. 1419, 12 May 1915, qualified at Werribee, Vic, later killed in action 6 May 1918)
• Lt Harry Charles Bundock, professional soldier of Randwick, NSW
• Lt William Tomkinson, professional soldier of Sydney, NSW
• Lt Edward Kenneth Smart, professional soldier of Armadale, Vic
• Lt Charles Morris, professional soldier of North Carlton, Vic
• Lt Basil Moorhouse Morris, professional soldier of Wahroonga, NSW
• Lt Percy Walter Dobson, professional soldier of South Yarra, Vic;
• Lt Wilfred William Whittle, professional soldier of Ballarat, Vic.

Front row, sitting:

• Captain (Capt) Roy William Cohiston-Walsh, Australian Army Medical Corps, of Sydney, NSW
• Capt Arthur William Bates, professional soldier of Richmond, Vic
• Major (Maj) Frederick William Osborne, Officer Commanding (OC), No 1 Battalion
• Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Walter Adams Coxen, of South Yarra, Vic, Commanding SAB
• Maj John Herbert Hurst, OC No 2 Battalion, of Freemantle, WA
• Capt George St John Fancourt McDonald, Adjutant, of Malvern, Vic, who was awarded DSO 29 June 1917 and who died of wounds on 22 March 1918
• Capt Moreton David Williams, of Caulfield, Vic.

All of the group embarked on 17 July 1915 on HMAT Orsova (A67) from Melbourne.

On 21 May 1915 Coxen was ordered to raise the brigade of siege artillery for service in Europe. The brigade was to consist of two batteries, with eight siege guns to be supplied by Britain and 415 officers and other ranks, about half of whom would be permanent force artillery gunners. The brigade, which became known as the 36th Heavy Artillery Group, departed Melbourne on 17 July 1915 and landed in England on 25 August 1915. After a delay due to a short supply of heavy artillery pieces, the 54th Siege Battery was equipped with 8 inch howitzers and the 55th Siege Battery with 9.2 inch howitzers. The batteries moved to France on 26 February and 2 March 1916 respectively.