The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 2628 Private (Pte) Thomas Ellis, 29th Battalion. A labourer from Mount Duneed, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Ellis embarked with the 5th Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Anchises on 14 March 1916. Later transferring to the 32nd Battalion he returned to Australia on 22 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 2746 Private (Pte) Cornelius Lowe Hobbs Rankin, 29th Battalion. A labourer from Geelong, Vic prior to enlistment, Pte Rankin embarked with the 5th Reinforcements from Melbourne on H
Studio portrait of 2360 Private (Pte) Frederick Melbourne, 29th Battalion. A boot maker from Neerim South, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Melbourne was originally due to embark with the 7th Reinfor
Studio portrait of 2588 Private (Pte) George Edward Boyd, 29th Battalion. A labourer from Romsey, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Boyd embarked with the 5th Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Anc
Studio portrait of 283 Private (Pte) Alfred William Keatch, 29th Battalion. A labourer from St Kilda, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Keatch embarked with A Company from Melbourne on HMAT Ascanius o
Studio portrait of 2322 Private (Pte) William Henry Ellis, 29th Battalion from Melbourne, Victoria. A 28 year old labourer prior to enlisting on 25 November 1915, he embarked for overseas with the 4th
Studio portrait of 2298 Private (Pte) Francis Buchanan, 29th Battalion. A railway labourer from Carlton, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Buchanan embarked with the 4th Reinforcements from Melbourne
