The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 7558 Private Ernest Newbound, 24th Battalion from Burnley, Victoria. A 19 year old farm hand prior to enlistment on 2 July 1917, he embarked for overseas with the 20th Reinforcements from Melbourne on 21 November 1917 aboard HMAT Nestor. While serving on the Western Front, he was killed in action on 19 May 1918 near Ville-Sur-Ancre, France and is buried in the Ribemont, Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, 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. The names are transcribed as they appear in the notebooks.
Studio portrait of 65 Private (Pte) George Albert Newbound, 22nd Battalion, of Burnley, Vic. Pte Newbound enlisted on 9 February 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Ulysses on 8 May 1915. On 1 October 1915
Studio portrait of 6863A Private (Pte) Thomas Oliver Olsen. A brickworks employee from Malvern, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Olsen embarked with the 20th Reinforcements, 24th Battalion from Melbo
Studio portrait of 6860 Private Harold Vernon McVittie, 23rd Battalion from Kyabram, Victoria. A 25 year old labourer prior to enlistment on 2 February 1917, he embarked for overseas with the 19th Rei
Studio portrait of 6774A Private (Pte) Stanley Booth. A farmer from Brighton, SA prior to enlistment, Pte Booth embarked with the 20th Reinforcements, 24th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Nestor on 2
Studio portrait of 6819A Private (Pte) William John Jennings. An iron worker from Ascot Vale, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Jennings had initially enlisted on 24 July 1915 but had been discharged
Studio portrait of 6789A Private (Pte) George Alfred Davidson and an unidentified soldier (positions unknown). A soapmaker’s assistant from Footscray, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Davidson embark
