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Studio portrait of eight soldiers from the 7th Battalion who all embarked for overseas with the 16th Reinforcements from Melbourne on 1 April 1916 aboard HMAT Suffolk. Identified standing in the back row, from left to right are: 5146 Private (Pte) Henry Daniel Malan from Boort, Victoria; 5167 Pte Robert Francis Pocock from Maiden Gully, Bendigo, Victoria; 5062 Pte Roy James Crammond from Huntly, Victoria; 5095 Pte Thomas William Hinchliffe from Piccaninny Creek via Gunbower, Victoria; and 5106 Pte Harry Healey from, Bendigo,Victoria. Identified sitting in the front row, from left to right are: 5067 Pte Alfred Edward Eames from North Deniliquin, NSW; 5239 Corporal Charles Walter Williams from Piccaninny Creek via Gunbower, Victoria; and 5180 Pte Thomas Ridding, also from Piccaninny Creek. Pte Hinchliffe died of wounds in France on 27 November 1916 and Pte Ridding was killed in action in France on 22 September 1916. The other soldiers all returned to Australia. For individual portraits of the soldiers in this group see DA14673 (Corporal Williams); DA14674 (Pte Eames); DA14675 (Pte Hinchliffe); DA14676 (Pte Crammond); DA14677 (Pte Pocock); DA14678 (Pte Healey); DA14679 (Pte Malan) and DA14680 (Pte Ridding). 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. The names are transcribed as they appear in the notebooks.
Studio portrait of eight soldiers from the 7th Battalion who all embarked for overseas with the 16th Reinforcements from Melbourne on 1 April 1916 aboard HMAT Suffolk. Identified standing in the back
Studio portrait of G Ridding (believed to be a mis-transcription of T Ridding). 5180 Private Thomas Ridding, 7th Battalion was a 37 year old labourer from Piccaninny Creek via Gunbower, Victoria, whe
Studio portrait of 5095 Private Thomas William Hinchliffe, 7th Battalion who was a 23 year old labourer from Piccaninny Creek via Gunbower, Victoria, when he enlisted and embarked for overseas with th
Studio portrait of 5239 Corporal Charles Walter Williams, 7th Battalion who was a 31 year old labourer from Piccaninny Creek via Gunbower, Victoria, when he enlisted and embarked for overseas with the
Studio portrait of 5239 Acting Corporal (A/Cpl) Charles Walter Williams, 7th Battalion. A labourer from Gunbower, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Williams embarked with the 16th Reinforcements from
Studio portrait of 5239 Acting Corporal (A/Cpl) Charles Walter Williams, 7th Battalion. A labourer from Gunbower, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Williams embarked with the 16th Reinforcements from