The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 3453 Private (Pte) Percy Baker. A labourer from Terang, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Baker embarked with the 8th Reinforcements, 21st Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Demosthenes on 29 December 1915. Later transferring to the 59th Battalion he was posted as missing in action. A subsequent court of enquiry determined that he had been killed in action on 19 July 1916 and buried somewhere in no-man’s land during the Battle of Fromelles. Following the Armistice his remains could not be recovered and he is commemorated on the VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, France. His brother 3454 Pte Hugh Baker was wounded in action (See DA13162). 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, left to right, 3454 Private (Pte) Hugh Baker, 21st Battalion, of Northcote, Vic; 3456 Pte Charles Bannon, 21st Battalion, of Terang, Vic ; and 3453 Private (Pte) Percy Baker, 21st
Studio portrait of 3454 Private (Pte) Hugh Baker. A labourer from Northcote, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Baker embarked with the 8th Reinforcements, 21st Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Demosth
Studio portrait of 4864 Private (Pte) William Parsons. A labourer from Shepparton, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Parsons embarked with the 15th Reinforcements, 8th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT
Studio portrait of 3733 Private (Pte) John Keern (or Kearn) Fletcher. An electrician from Unley, SA prior to enlistment, Pte Fletcher embarked with the 12th Reinforcements, 7th Battalion from Melbourn
Studio portrait of 6003 Private (Pte) Charles William Clifford, 14th Battalion. A grazier from Terang, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Clifford embarked with the 19th Reinforcements from Melbourne o
Studio portrait of 2746 Private (Pte) Alfred Charles Mitchell. A saw miller from Stratford, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Mitchell embarked along with his brother, 2714 Pte Sidney James Mitchell
