The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 4225 Private (Pte) Arthur James Leeson. A farmer from Phillip Island, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Leeson embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 7th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Demosthenes on 29 December 1915. Later transferring to the 1st Pioneer Battalion he was allotted the service number 4225A. Subsequently wounded in the neck he was evacuated to hospital. Following his recovery he re-joined his unit and was gassed. He returned to Australia on 28 March 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 1716 Private (Pte) Archibald Gawley. A labourer from Lima East, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Gawley embarked with the 2nd Reinforcements, 29th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT
Studio portrait of 4275 Private (Pte) Clarence Albert Norman. A blacksmith from Caldermeade, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Norman embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion from Melbour
Studio portrait of 2181 Private (Pte) Arthur Phillip Lewis Leighton. A farmer from Jumburra, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Leighton embarked with the 3rd Reinforcements, 29th Battalion from Melbou
Studio portrait of 4307 Private (Pte) Eugene Shields. An orchardist from Crowlands, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Shields embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 5th Battalion from Melbourne on HMA
Studio portrait of 2691 Private (Pte) John Marshall McCreery. A farmer from Malmsbury, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte McCreery embarked with the 6th Reinforcements, 23rd Battalion from Melbourne on
Studio portrait of 1716 Private (Pte) Archibald Gawley. A labourer from Lima East, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Gawley embarked with the 2nd Reinforcements, 29th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT
