The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of G Ridding (believed to be a mis-transcription of T Ridding). 5180 Private Thomas Ridding, 7th Battalion was a 37 year old labourer from Piccaninny Creek via Gunbower, Victoria, when he enlisted and embarked for overseas with the 16th Reinforcements from Melbourne on 1 April 1916 aboard HMAT Suffolk. He joined the 57th Battalion in France on 21 July 1916, was killed in action on 22 September 1916. Private Ridding is buried in the Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, five kilometres south west of Armentieres, 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 eight soldiers from the 7th Battalion who all embarked for overseas with the 16th Reinforcements from Melbourne on 1 April 1916 aboard HMAT Suffolk. Identified standing in the back
Studio portrait of eight soldiers from the 7th Battalion who all embarked for overseas with the 16th Reinforcements from Melbourne on 1 April 1916 aboard HMAT Suffolk. Identified standing in the back
Studio portrait of 5095 Private Thomas William Hinchliffe, 7th Battalion who was a 23 year old labourer from Piccaninny Creek via Gunbower, Victoria, when he enlisted and embarked for overseas with th
Studio portrait of 2928 Private (Pte) Ernest James Forsyth, 5th Battalion. A salesman from Fitzroy, Vic prior to enlistment, Pte Forsyth embarked with the 9th Reinforcements from Melbourne aboard HMAT
Studio portrait of 3989 Private William Roy Locke, 7th Battalion from Tongala, Victoria. A 20 year old baker prior to enlisting in the AIF on 29 July 1915, he embarked for overseas with the 12th Reinf
Studio portrait of 3046 Private (Pte) James Carter. Originally from Wandsworth, England, Pte Carter was a farm labourer from Melbourne, Victoria and embarked with the 7th Reinforcements, 21st Battalio
