Infantry Lieutenant - represents the Army

3D Model

The task of an infantry officer is to lead his men in combat. He is required to be cool in a crisis, show courage in the face of danger, lead by example, and make the right decision when the stakes are life and death.

Our infantry lieutenant and a Second Lieutenant would have been the most common officers encountered by enlisted men on the Western Front as they command the smallest practical sub-unit of a battalion: the platoon.

Unlike officers of more senior rank he shares the dangers and the hardships of his men. He inspects their feet to guard against trench foot and he censors their letters home. He is one of them, yet the decisions he makes can effect whether they live or die.

“Like many of the Rayner Hoff sculptures at the Anzac Memorial this infantry lieutenant reflects the changing nature of warfare experienced by the Australians on the Western Front.” Brad Manera Senior Historian & Curator 14 March 2012