The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 5730 Private (Pte) Charles George Mitchell, 8th Battalion. A labourer from Bruthen, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Mitchell embarked with the 18th Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Ayrshire on 3 July 1916. While serving in France he died from alcoholic poisoning on 14 February 1917 and was buried in the Bazentin-le-Petit Cemetery, Bazentin, France. This is one of a series of photographs taken by the Darge Photographic Company which had a 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 C G Mitchell, possibly 5730 Private (Pte) Charles George Mitchell. A 25 year old labourer from Bruthen, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Mitchell Had initially been rejected due t
Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant (2ndLt) Wynnum Groom McDonald Hennessey. 2ndLt Hennessey who gave his occupation as “gentleman”, embarked with the rank of Acting Lieutenant with the12th Reinforc
Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant (2ndLt) Wynnum Groom McDonald Hennessey. 2ndLt Hennessey who gave his occupation as “gentleman”, embarked with the rank of Acting Lieutenant with the12th Reinforc
Studio portrait of 5799 Acting Corporal (A/Cpl) Robert John Josiah (Snowy) Clowe. A skin classer from Newmarket, Victoria prior to enlistment, A/Cpl Clowe embarked with the rank of Acting Sergeant wit
Studio portrait of John Marsh, possibly 5729 Private (Pte) John Marsh, 6th Battalion. A labourer from Tragowel, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Marsh embarked with the 18th Reinforcements from Melbo
Studio portrait of John Marsh, possibly 5729 Private (Pte) John Marsh, 6th Battalion. A labourer from Tragowel, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Marsh embarked with the 18th Reinforcements from Melbo
