The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 HMAT Anchises on 14 March 1916. Later transferring to the Anzac Provost Corps, he returned to Australia on 12 May 1918. 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 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 An
Studio portrait of 3730 Private (Pte) Joseph Spokes. A slaughterman from Geelong West, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Spokes embarked with the 29th Reinforcements, 4th Light Horse Regiment from Syd
Studio portrait of 2655 Private (Pte) Arthur Harrison Heal, 29th Battalion. A labourer from South Geelong, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Heal embarked with the 5th Reinforcements from Melbourne on
Studio portrait of 2672 Private (Pte) Clive Lloyd Thomas Jones, 29th Battalion. A labourer from West Geelong, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Jones embarked with the 5th Reinforcements from Melbourn
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
Studio portrait of 2567 Private (Pte) Edgar Henry Abbott, 29th Battalion. A labourer from Queenscliff, Victoria Pte Abbott embarked with the 5th Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Anchises on 14 Ma
