The walls of the Imperial Hotel at Ravenswood contain the penciled 'graffiti' of numerous former patrons. Many are obscured by paint and difficult to view. However some are still clear enough to tell the story of the people and units that trained in the town during World War Two.

One of several names still visible is the following:
WM Pyle, QX23927 (service number), 3/2/42?. Born 12 December 1921, Mr William Donkin Pyle enlisted at Silkstone near Brisbane on 29 September 1941 and was a Gunner in the Australian 2/3 Field Regiment. He would have been twenty years old when he was training...