The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 4332 Private (Pte) Raymond Wilson. A French polisher from East Ballarat, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Wilson embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Demosthenes on 29 December 1915. Later wounded in the right foot he was evacuated to England. Later declared an illegal absentee he used this time to get married. After re-joining his unit he was diagnosed as suffering from synovitis of the right knee. He returned to Australia on 20 November 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 6326 Private (Pte) David Kirkwood, 21st Battalion. A bootmaker from North Fitzroy prior to enlistment, Pte Kirkwood had enlisted on 24 November 1915 but had later been declared an i
Studio portrait of 563 Private (Pte) Maurice Daniel Leahy. A labourer from Townsville, Queensland prior to enlistment, Pte Leahy embarked with B Company, 31st Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Wandilla
Studio portrait of 4332 Private (Pte) Raymond Wilson. A waiter from East Ballarat, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Wilson embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT
Studio portrait of 2270 Private (Pte) Arthur James Cohen, 22nd Battalion. A jockey from Caulfield, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Cohen embarked with the 4th Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT H
Studio portrait of 4236 Private (Pte) John Key. Originally from London, England, Pte Key was a labourer from Ballarat, Victoria prior to enlistment and embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 14th Batt
Studio portrait of 3995 Private (Pte) William Evans. Originally from Bolton, England, Pte Evans was an electrician from Langwarrin, Victoria prior to enlistment and embarked with the 12th Reinforcemen
