The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 4533 Private (Pte) James Victor Speed, 24th Battalion. A butcher from Colac, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Speed embarked with the 11th Reinforcements from Melbourne on RMS Malwa on 21 March 1916. Later becoming ill, he was evacuated to England. Following his recovery, he rejoined his unit and returned to Australia on 29 May 1919. 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 A Noone, probably 4483 Private (Pte) Edmund Aloysius Noone, 24th Battalion. A grocer from Moonee Ponds, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Noone embarked with the 11th Reinforcemen
Studio portrait of 4528 Private (Pte) Arthur Ernest Wilson Shaw, 24th Battalion. Originally from Manchester, England, Pte Shaw was a manufacturer’s agent from East Prahran, Victoria prior to enlistmen
Studio portrait of 4528 Private (Pte) Arthur Ernest Wilson Shaw, 24th Battalion. Originally from Manchester, England, Pte Shaw was a manufacturer’s agent from East Prahran, Victoria prior to enlistmen
Studio portrait of 4526 Private (Pte) James Service, 24th Battalion. A farmer from Deniliquin, NSW prior to enlistment, Pte Service embarked with the 11th reinforcements from Melbourne on RMS Malwa on
Studio portrait of 4450 Private (Pte) Horace Kimpton, 24th Battalion. A painter from South Yarra, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Kimpton had previously enlisted on 5 July 1915 but had been medicall
Studio portrait of T Doolan, probably 4406 Private (Pte) Thomas Christopher Doolan, 21st Battalion. A labourer from Omeo, Vic prior to enlistment, Pte Doolan embarked with the 11th Reinforcements from
