The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 4336 Acting Sergeant (A/Sgt) Frederick William Young, A storeman from Northcote, Victoria prior to enlistment, A/Sgt Young embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 6th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Demosthenes on 29 December 1915. Later serving with the Australian Divisional Brigade Depot, he reverted to the rank of Private. Subsequently re-joining the 5th Battalion he was promoted to Lance Corporal and then to Corporal. He was then invalided to hospital and after recovering he was promoted to Sergeant. On 4 October 1917 he was killed in action and, having no known grave, is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, France. 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 4658 Acting Sergeant (A/Sgt) Frederick Arblaster. A clerk from Footscray, Victoria prior to enlistment, A/Sgt Arblaster embarked with the 12th Reinforcements, 21st Battalion from Me
Studio portrait of 4177 Private (Pte) Harold William Cartledge. A traveller from Northcote, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Cartledge embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 8th Battalion from Melbou
Studio portrait of 4775 Private (Pte) Oliver Thaw. An engine driver from Melbourne, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Thaw embarked with the 10th Reinforcements, 22nd Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT
Studio portrait of 4207 Acting Corporal (A/Cpl) Arthur William Everson. A clerk from North Melbourne, Victoria prior to enlistment, A/Cpl Everson embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 8th Battalion f
Studio portrait of Sergeant (Sgt) G E Young, probably 6606 Sgt George Ernest Young, a wool classer from Camberwell, Victoria, prior to enlistment. George Young was an Acting Corporal then Acting Serge
Studio portrait of Sergeant (Sgt) G E Young, probably 6606 Sgt George Ernest Young, a wool classer from Camberwell, Victoria, prior to enlistment. George Young was an Acting Corporal then Acting Serge
