27 Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force (AIF) Lt Olifent of Henley Beach, Australia, enlisted on 25 February 1915 and sailed for the Middle East on 31 May. After a period in Egypt in July -August 1915, he was posted to the Western Front. Lt Olifent was commissioned in the field during the Battle of the Somme on 10 August 1916, but was killed in action, aged 29 at Flers on 5 November 1916. He is commemorated on the Villers-Bretoneux Memorial. Faces of the First World War The full story is not always known to us. If you know more, please tell us in the comments below. Find out more about this First World War Centenary project at www.1914.org/faces. This image is from IWM Collections. This image is subject to the IWM Non-Commercial license. Find out more here

HU 122618. Captain Alexander Allan Gray MC. Unit: 15th Battalion Durham Light Infantry attached to the Royal Flying Corps. Death: 3 February 1917 Western Front

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Officer with the 1/1st Highland Cyclist Battalion of the Army Cyclist Corps. Killed on 01 February 1918 and buried in Dundee Western Cemetery. Ref: GD/DHS/8/3