The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of Private (Pte) Norman Oswald Guppy. A butcher from East Brunswick, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Guppy embarked with the 8th Reinforcements, 22nd Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Afric on 5 January 1916. After arriving in the Middle East he transferred to the 5th Pioneer Battalion. Later suffering from angina and tonsillitis he was invalided to England. Following his recovery he re-joined his battalion and subsequently transferred to the 12th Field Ambulance. After the Armistice he was repatriated to England and admitted to hospital suffering from influenza. Following his recovery he returned to Australia on 20 May 1919. 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 Private (Pte) Norman Oswald Guppy. A butcher from East Brunswick, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Guppy embarked with the 8th Reinforcements, 22nd Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT
Studio portrait of 2629 Private (Pte) Harold Gordon Ellis. A grocer from East Brunswick, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Ellis embarked with the 6th Reinforcements, 24th Battalion from Melbourne on
Studio portrait of 4542 Private (Pte) Victor James Miller wearing sergeant’s stripes which would indicate the he was temporarily promoted to this rank. A lorry driver from Northcote, Victoria prior to
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
Group portrait of two soldiers identified as Fenton and Broughton (positions unknown). Broughton is possibly 3026 Private (Pte) Leslie Norman Broughton. A 21 year old labourer from Strathbogie South v
Studio portrait of 4950 Private (Pte) Vincent Henry Reuben Ward who enlisted and served as Vincent Ward. Originally from Waipu, New Zealand, Pte Ward was a blacksmith from Windsor, Victoria prior to e
