The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 4245 Private (Pte) Christopher Fraser McRae. A labourer from Buchan, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte McRae embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 5th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Demosthenes on 29 December 1915. He was later hospitalised twice firstly from mumps and secondly suffering from a hernia. After re-joining his battalion he was wounded in the face and the left eye and admitted to the 5th General Hospital. It was here where on 4 March 1917, aged 23, where he succumbed to his wounds and was buried in the St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, 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 4341 Private (Pte) Louis John Woodland also known as John Louis Woodland. A carpenter from Wodonga, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Woodland embarked with the 13th Reinforcements,
Studio portrait of 2427 Private (Pte) Edward Hayes. A labourer from Leongatha, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Hayes embarked with the 5th Reinforcements, 58th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Shrop
Studio portrait of M Donovan, probably 4402 Private (Pte) Michael Donovan, 24th Battalion. A grazier from Deniliquin, NSW prior to enlistment, Pte Donovan embarked with the 11th Reinforcements from Me
Studio portrait of 7466 Private (Pte) Gordon Garnett Campbell. A labourer from Hamilton, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Campbell embarked with the 25th Reinforcements, 8th Battalion from Melbourne
Studio portrait of 7466 Private (Pte) Gordon Garnett Campbell. A labourer from Hamilton, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Campbell embarked with the 25th Reinforcements, 8th Battalion from Melbourne
Studio portrait of 7466 Private (Pte) Gordon Garnett Campbell. A labourer from Hamilton, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Campbell embarked with the 25th Reinforcements, 8th Battalion from Melbourne
