The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 2622 Private (Pte) William Duncan. A labourer from North Fitzroy, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Duncan had been previously been rejected due to bad teeth. Following his successful enlistment he embarked with the 6th Reinforcements, 23rd Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Ulysses on 27 October 1915. Later transferring to the 58th Battalion he was posted as missing in action. A subsequent court of enquiry determined that he had been killed in action on 19 July 1916, aged 27. Having no known grave he is commemorated on the VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, France. 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.
Studio portrait of 2622 Private (Pte) William Duncan. A labourer from North Fitzroy, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Duncan had been previously been rejected due to bad teeth. Following his successf
Studio portrait of 2714 Private (Pte) Sidney (or Sydney) James Mitchell. A saw miller from Stratford, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Mitchell had been previously been rejected suffering from bad te
Studio portrait of 3658 Private (Pte) Percy Vooght. Originally from Chagford, England Pte Vooght was a farm labourer from East Brunswick, Victoria and had been previously been rejected due to bad teet
Studio portrait of 3595 Private (Pte) Norman John Noble. An electrician’s labourer from North Fitzroy, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Noble embarked with the 8th Reinforcements, 23rd Battalion from
Studio portrait of 3794 Private (Pte) Sydney Kann. A labourer from Fitzroy, Victoria prior to Enlistment, Pte Kann embarked with the 12th Reinforcements, 7th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Ceramic o
Studio portrait of 3064 Private (Pte) Michael Thomas Coogan. A farm labourer from Lara, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Coogan embarked with the 7th Reinforcements, 21st Battalion from Melbourne on
