The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Group portrait of 6008 Sapper (Spr) Robert Low and two unidentified soldiers (position unknown). A 27 year old miner from Kingarry, Queensland prior to enlistment, Spr Low embarked with the Tunnelling Companies November 1916 Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Ulysses on 25 October 1916. He was later appointed as Acting Sergeant but reverted to the rank of Sapper on joining the 1st Anzac Entrenching Battalion. Later joining the 3rd Tunnelling Company he was promoted to Corporal and then to Sergeant. Following the Armistice he was granted leave to remain in England in order to study engineering and he returned to Australia on 9 December 1919. This is one of a series of photographs taken by the Darge Photographic Company which had a permit 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 4146 Sapper (Spr) Thomas Stanley Murrin, No. 5 Tunnelling Company. A miner from Moonta, S.A. prior to enlistment, Spr Murrin embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Warilda on 25 May 1916.
Studio portrait of 4146 Sapper (Spr) Thomas Stanley Murrin (standing) and 4149 Spr William James Perry, both of No.5 Tunnelling Company. Both men embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Warilda on 25 May 1916
Group portrait of Mutton, Williams and Wintle (positions unknown). Mutton is probably 5583 Sapper (Spr) John Mutton. Originally from Northumberland England, Spr Mutton was a 29 year miner from West Wa
Studio portrait of 3996 Sapper (Spr) Leonard Charles Radburn, No. 5 Tunnelling Company. A native of London, England, Spr Radburn was a miner from Wonthaggi, Vic prior to enlistment and embarked from M
Studio portrait of 3996 Sapper (Spr) Leonard Charles Radburn, No. 5 Tunnelling Company. A native of London, England, Spr Radburn was a miner from Wonthaggi, Vic prior to enlistment and embarked from M
Studio portrait of 3850 Sapper (Spr) Arthur Selwyn Trueman, Mining Corps. A miner from Chiltern Valley, Victoria prior to enlistment, Spr Trueman embarked with No.5 Tunnelling Company from Melbourne o
