The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 3456 Private (Pte) Charles Bannon. A labourer from Essendon, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Bannon embarked with the 8th Reinforcements, 21st Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Demosthenes on 29 December 1915. Following his arrival in the Middle East he transferred to the 60th Battalion and was admitted to hospital suffering from tonsillitis. On 19 July 1916 he was killed in action near Fromelles and was buried in the Rue-Du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, 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, 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 3046 Private (Pte) James Carter. Originally from Wandsworth, England, Pte Carter was a farm labourer from Melbourne, Victoria and embarked with the 7th Reinforcements, 21st Battalio
Studio portrait of 2928 Private (Pte) Ernest James Forsyth, 5th Battalion. A salesman from Fitzroy, Vic prior to enlistment, Pte Forsyth embarked with the 9th Reinforcements from Melbourne aboard HMAT
Studio portrait of 4231 Private (Pte) Wesley Clarence Jolly. A timber worker from Sebastopol, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Jolly embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion from Melbour
Studio portrait of 3143 Private (Pte) Percy William Hewitt, 23rd Battalion. A miner from Wonthaggi, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Hewitt embarked with the 7th reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT
Studio portrait of 3989 Private William Roy Locke, 7th Battalion from Tongala, Victoria. A 20 year old baker prior to enlisting in the AIF on 29 July 1915, he embarked for overseas with the 12th Reinf
