The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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. He was later admitted to hospital suffering from severe bronchitis. Following his recovery he re-joined his unit and was later re-admitted to hospital suffering from sciatica. Due to the nature of his illness he returned to Australia on 15 September 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.
Studio portrait of 6927 Sapper (Spr) Albert George Waldron. A farm labourer from Shirley via Beaufort, Victoria prior to enlistment, Spr Waldron embarked along with his brother 6926 Spr Percival Edwar
Studio portrait of 2653 Private (Pte) Thomas Andrew Gay. A carter from Northcote, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Gay had originally enlisted on 17 August 1914 but had been discharged suffering from
Studio portrait of 5271 Sapper (Spr) Paul Froment. A bank clerk from Ultima, Victoria prior to enlistment, Spr Froment embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 3rd Signal Troop, 3rd Light Horse Brigade
Studio portrait of 4493 Private (Pte) Mervyn William David Gillin. A farm hand from Warrnambool, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Gillin embarked with the 14th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion from Mel
Studio portrait of 4288 Private (Pte) Percival Herman Pieper. A farmer from Mitiamo, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Pieper embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 6th Battalion from Melbourne on HMA
Studio portrait of 8229 Sapper (Spr) Walter Shevlin. A miner from Ararat, Victoria prior to enlistment, Spr Shevlin had previously been discharged as he had enlisted without parental consent. Followin
