The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 3597 Private (Pte) Herbert James McDonald. A labourer from Camperdown, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte McDonald embarked with the 8th Reinforcements, 22nd Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Afric on 5 January 1916. He later transferred to the 58th Battalion and was admitted to hospital suffering from shell shock. After re-joining his battalion he was diagnosed as suffering from nephritis and invalided to England. Due to the severity of his illness he returned to Australia on 13 February 1917 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 3460 Private (Pte) William Arthur Bryan. Originally from Fleckney, Leicestershire, Pte Bryant was a labourer from Camperdown, Victoria prior to enlistment and embarked with the 8th
Studio portrait of 3495 Private (Pte) Alfred Clarke. A labourer from Geelong, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Clarke embarked with the 8th Reinforcements, 22nd Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Afric
Studio portrait of 3556 Private (Pte) Frederick William Jacobs. A drover from Sale, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Jacobs embarked with the 8th Reinforcements, 23rd Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT
Studio portrait of 3996 Private (Pte) Edward James Foley. A baker from Black Rock, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Foley embarked with the 12th Reinforcements, 6th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT C
Studio portrait of 3568 Private (Pte) John Henry Kenneally. A labourer from Bromfield, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Kenneally embarked with the 8th Reinforcements, 22nd Battalion from Melbourne o
Studio portrait of 4266 Private (Pte) Alexander McDonald. A quarryman from South Northcote, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte McDonald embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 8th Battalion from Melbour
