The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 enlistment and embarked with the 11th Reinforcements from Melbourne on RMS Malwa on 21 March 1916. Later becoming ill, he returned to Australia on 13 February 1917 and was medically discharged. 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 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 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 Malw
Studio portrait of 4626 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 4442 Private (Pte) Alfred Miller. Originally from Manchester, England, Pte Miller was a dairyman from North Melbourne, Victoria prior to enlistment and embarked with the 11th Reinfo
Studio portrait of J O’Donnell, probably 4486 Private (Pte) John O’Donnell, 24th Battalion. A labourer from Lismore, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte O’Donnell embarked along with his brother 4485 Pt
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
