The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 4308 Private (Pte) Percival Harold Shaw. A railway employee form East Ballarat. Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Shaw embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Demosthenes on 29 December 1915. He later transferred to the 4th Pioneer Battalion where he was wounded in the right foot and subsequently invalided to England. After recovering he re-joined his unit and returned to Australia on 15 June 1919. 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 4308 Private (Pte) William Dallan Shotter. Originally from Brentford, England, Pte Shotter was a farmer from Wodonga, Victoria prior to enlistment and embarked with the 13th Reinfor
Studio portrait of V Dyer, possibly 4776 Private (Pte) Leonard Victor Dyer (standing) and 4761 Pte Virgil Creati. Pte Dyer, a butcher from Ballarat, Victoria prior to enlistment, and Pte Creati, a saw
Studio portrait of five soldiers of the 14th Battalion: back row (left to right) 4127 Private (Pte) George Abernethy of Horsham, Vic; 5496 Pte John Francis Harley of Northcote, Vic; front row (left to
Studio portrait of 4246 Private (Pte) Percy William McDonald. A railway employee from Malvern, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte McDonald embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 5th battalion from Melb
Studio portrait of 4762 Private (Pte) Virgil Creati. A sawyer from Ballarat East, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Creati embarked with the 15th Reinforcements, 8th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT W
Studio portrait of 4327 Private (Pte) Martin Vincent Walsh. A labourer from Sebastopol, Ballarat, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Walsh embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion from Mel
