The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 4192 Private (Pte) William Harry Fletcher, 14th Battalion. A labourer from Cobden, Vic prior to enlistment, Pte Fletcher embarked with the 13th Reinforcements from Melbourne aboard HMAT Demosthenes on 29 December 1915. On 1 July 1916 he was killed in action at Bois Grenier in the Somme area of France, aged 25 and was buried in the Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois Grenier. 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.
Studio portrait of 4147 Private (Pte) Edward James Brownfield. A woolen mill employee from Ballarat, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Brownfield embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion
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 3455 Private (Pte) Bertie Pring, 15th Battalion. A labourer from Ballarat, Vic prior to enlistment, Pte Pring embarked with the 11th Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Nestor on1
Studio portrait of 3455 Private (Pte) Bertie Pring, 15th Battalion. A labourer from Ballarat, Vic prior to enlistment, Pte Pring embarked with the 11th Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Nestor on1
Studio portrait of 3306 Private (Pte) Benjamin (Ben) Duffy, 11th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion, of Whittlesea, Vic. Pte Duffy enlisted on 6 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Nestor on
Studio portrait of Hamilton and Shaw. Private (Pte) J J Hamilton, on the left, also appears in image DASEY2500 but has not been further identified. Pte Shaw also appears in image DASEY2502 and is beli
