The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Kodak Vest Pocket Autographic Camera. This folding camera has a painted black aluminium body with rounded ends and brass fittings. It is opened by extending the front plate which connects the lens housing to collapsible paper bellows. There is a swiveling viewfinder to enable photographs to be taken in portrait and landscape formats. On the back of the camera is an exposure counter and the autographic feature, with a hinged flap secured with a stylus. The camera is fitted with a Kodak ball bearing shutter and uses roll film type 127. Scratched into the camera body is '1280/ J. CARROLL/ 4th Rly Unit/ 1916 A.I.F' and 'R M Carroll/ 1926'.
Associated with the service of Lieutenant Joseph Ignatius Carroll, born in Kupunda, South Australia. On 23 January 1917, at the age of 23, Carroll enlisted in the Army as 1280 Company Sergeant Major Warrant Officer Class II and in May left Melbourne onboard HMAT Shropshire. He served in 4 Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company and was awarded a Distinguished Conduct Medal in March 1918 at Villers Faucon. He was subsequently commissioned. Carroll later became the General Manager of Email Australia, a manufacturer of kitchen and whitegoods.
London, England. 1918-12. Formal outdoors group portrait of an AIF Headquarters unit which a note on the portrait describes as '103 (Non Military Employment)'. The group were probably involved in the
Kodak Vest Pocket Autographic Camera and brown leather case. This folding camera has a painted black aluminium body with rounded ends and brass fittings. It is opened by extending the front plate whic
Eastman Kodak No. 2A folding autographic brownie camera and leather case. The camera body has rounded ends and is finished in a black textured leatherette covering. A hinged door fitted to the front
Rectangular shaped Kodak Vest Pocket model Autographic camera. It has rounded ends, a white metal alloy body and has been finished in black. The lens housing is mounted to a blackened white metal plat
Rectangular shaped, Kodak, Vest Pocket model, Autographic camera. It has rounded ends, a white metal alloy body and has been finished in black. The lens housing is mounted to a blackened white metal p
Kodak No. 1A Junior Autographic camera in leather case. This folding camera has a wooden body while the front face and back are made of metal and have a textured leather finish. A hinged door at the f
Kodak Vest Pocket Autographic camera in original leather case. The case is fastened by a single press stud and is stamped in gold 'R. W. H.' The folding camera has a painted black aluminium body with