The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 2277 Private (Pte) Arthur Fisher, 22nd Battalion. A native of Rochdale, England, Pte Fisher was a farmer from Caulfield, Vic prior to enlistment. He embarked with the 4th Reinforcements from Melbourne aboard HMAT Hororata on 27 September 1915. On 8 October 1917, aged 23, he died of wounds received in action at Zonnebeke, Belgium and was buried in the St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France. This is one of a series of photographs taken by the Darge Photographic Company which had the concession to take photographs at the Broadmeadows and Seymour army camps during the First World War. In the 1930s, the Australian War Memorial purchased the original glass negatives from Algernon Darge, along with the photographers' notebooks. The notebooks contain brief details, usually a surname or unit name, for each negative.
Studio portrait of 2241 Private (Pte) Frederick Philippe, 21st Battalion. A labourer from South Yarra, Vic prior to enlistment, Pte Philippe embarked with the 4th Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT
Studio portrait of 4402 Private (Pte) Michael Joseph Donovan, 24th Battalion. A grazier from Deniliquin, NSW prior to enlistment, Pte Donovan embarked with the 11th Reinforcements from Melbourne on RM
Outdoors portrait of 4453 Private (Pte) Albert Edward Knight, 21st Battalion. A labourer from Kilmore, Vic prior to enlistment, Pte Knight embarked with his brothers 4455 Pte Ralph Simon Johnson Knigh
Studio portrait of 122 Private John Richard Murray, 34th Battalion of Vary via Paterson, NSW. A farmer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Hororata (A20) on 2 May 1916. He was wo
Studio portrait of 3436 Private (Pte) Evan Nolan. A farmer from Carboor via Wangaratta, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Nolan embarked with the 9th Reinforcements, 46th Battalion from Melbourne on H
Studio portrait of 3436 Private (Pte) Evan Nolan. A farmer from Carboor via Wangaratta, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Nolan embarked with the 9th Reinforcements, 46th Battalion from Melbourne on H
