The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 4336 Private (Pte) Frederick Edward William Cotton. A labourer from Swansea, Tasmania prior to enlistment, Pte Cotton embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Afric on 5 January 1916, He later served with the 52nd Battalion and was invalided to England after being wounded in the head. After recovering he served with the 42nd Battalion and was again invalided to England suffering from bronchial catarrh. Following the Armistice he served with the Australian Army Pay Office and returned to Australia on 5 January 1920. 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 C Cook probably 4297 Private (Pte) Clarence Cook, 12th Battalion. A labourer from Swansea, Tas prior to enlistment, Pte Cook embarked with the 13th Reinforcements from Melbourne on
Studio portrait of 3601 Private (Pte) William Thomas Scanlan. A labourer from Cobden, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Scanlan embarked with the 8th Reinforcements, 21st Battalion from Melbourne on H
Studio portrait if 4337 Private (Pte) Walter Witt. A glass beveller from Launceston, Tasmania prior to enlistment, Pte Witt embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT
Studio portrait of 3556 Private (Pte) Frederick William Jacobs. A drover from Sale, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Jacobs embarked with the 8th Reinforcements, 23rd Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT
Studio portrait of W Reid, probably 4534 Private (Pte) William Reid. A butcher from Irishtown, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Reid embarked with the 14th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion from Melbour
Studio portrait of 3517 Private (Pte) William Edney. A printer from Collingwood, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Edney had been previously been rejected as suffering from a hernia. After successfull
