The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 4294 Private (Pte) Clarence Sylvester Smith. A gardener from Doncaster, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Smith embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 7th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Demosthenes on 29 December 1915. He was later admitted to hospital suffering from severe appendicitis. He was subsequently evacuated to England to fully recover and while there he served briefly with the Base Post Office, Mt Pleasant. Later re-joining his battalion he was promoted to Lance Corporal. He then transferred to the 5th Machine Gun Battalion and was later invalided to England suffering from an unspecified illness. He returned to Australia on 30 December 1918. This is one of a series of photographs taken by the Darge Photographic Company which had a permit 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 4293 Private (Pte) Clarence Sylvester Smith. A gardener from Doncaster, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Smith embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 7th Battalion from Melbourne
Studio portrait of 4293 Private (Pte) Clarence Sylvester Smith. A gardener from Doncaster, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Smith embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 7th Battalion from Melbourne o
Studio portrait of 4293 Private (Pte) Clarence Sylvester Smith. A gardener from Doncaster, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Smith embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 7th Battalion from Melbourne o
See also DA12670.Studio portrait of 1779 Private (Pte) John Hilditch. Originally from Dewsbury, England, Pte Hilditch was a draper from Battery Point, Tasmania prior to enlistment and was initially s
Studio portrait of 1779 Private (Pte) John Hilditch. Originally from Dewsbury, England, Pte Hilditch was a draper from Battery Point, Tasmania prior to enlistment and was initially scheduled to embark
Studio portrait of H J Williams probably 2172 Private (Pte) Harold Joseph Collier who served as Harold Joseph Williams. A 22 year old plasterer from South Melbourne, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte
