Eltham soldier’s art pays homage to fallen soldiers on the Western Front
A SOLDIER’S painting remains as a tribute to the many unknown soldiers who fell on the Western Front.
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CAPTAIN William Frederick Longstaff from Eltham, painted Menin Gate at Midnight (1927) to commemorate the fallen soldiers who did not have marked graves on the Western Front during the World War I.
Capt Longstaff enlisted with the Australian Remount Unit in October 1915 and served in the Middle East, then France, before he was discharged in England in 1917 due to injury.
The following year he was trained in camouflage work and was appointed an official war artist.
He was stationed in France as an officer in charge of camouflage for the 2nd Division AIF, where he saw out the rest of the war.
His commanding officer in the Middle East was Australian poet, journalist and author Banjo Paterson.
Capt Longstaff, who was born in Ballarat, died in 1953.
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