The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Group portrait including 3978 Acting Corporal (A/Cpl) William Charles Swetnam (position unknown). A labourer from Tambo Crossing, Victoria prior to enlistment, A/Cpl Swetnam embarked with the 9th Reinforcements, 24th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Warilda on 8 February 1916. Later promoted to Corporal he was hospitalised suffering from severe bronchitis. Due to the severe nature of his illness he returned to Australia on 18 December 1918 and was medically discharged. 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.
Group portrait including 3978 Acting Corporal (A/Cpl) William Charles Swetnam (position unknown). A labourer from Tambo Crossing, Victoria prior to enlistment, A/Cpl Swetnam embarked with the 9th Rein
Studio portrait of 5198 Sapper (Spr) Ernest Murray Rae. A farmer from Mooroolbark, Victoria prior to enlistment, Spr Rae embarked with No1 Section, 13th Reinforcements, 1st Divisional Signal Company.
Studio portrait of 2510 Private (Pte) Hugh Albert Louis McKean. A stockman from Red Hill, Queensland prior to enlistment, Pte McKean embarked with the 4th Reinforcements, 31st Battalion from Melbourne
Studio portrait of 3487 Private (Pte) James William Donnison. A dairyman from Rosedale, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Donnison embarked with the 8th Reinforcements, 24th Battalion from Melbourne o
Studio portrait of 3487 Private (Pte) James William Donnison. A dairyman from Rosedale, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Donnison embarked with the 8th Reinforcements, 24th Battalion from Melbourne o
Studio portrait of 3991 Private (Pte) John James Mahy. Originally from Guernsey on the Channel Islands, Pte Mahy was a labourer from Longwarry, Victoria prior to enlistment and embarked with the 9th R
