Studio portrait of 1989 Private Ralph Leslie Mann, 10th Battalion. A native of Broadcroft, ...

Studio portrait of 1989 Private Ralph Leslie Mann, 10th Battalion. A native of Broadcroft, Banff, Scotland, and working as a carpenter in Adelaide, South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 5th Reinforcements on 20 April 1915 aboard HMAT Hororata (A20) for Suez. Pte Mann joined his battalion at Gallipoli on 8 July 1915, was wounded in action a month later and evacuated to Cairo for treatment and recuperation. He rejoined his unit in late November 1915 until the battalion was withdrawn to Egypt on 29 December 1915. On 26 February 1916 he was transferred to the 50th Battalion which relocated to the Western Front, France, during June 1916. He was hospitalised due to illness from mid-August until late October. Pte Mann was appointed Lance Corporal (L Cpl) on 15 December 1916. L Cpl Mann was wounded in action during the attack on Noreuil on 2 April 1917 and died of these wounds later that day in the 13th Australian Field Ambulance. He was aged 27 years.