The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 3549 Private (Pte) Robert John Kilgour. A labourer from North Fitzroy, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Kilgour embarked with the 8th Reinforcements, 21st Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Demosthenes on 29 December 1915. He then transferred to the 57th Battalion and was appointed to the rank of Lance Corporal. Later wounded in the left arm he was evacuated to England. Following his recovery he re-joined his battalion and was promoted to Corporal. He was again wounded in the left arm and invalided to England where he was still recovering when the Armistice was declared. He returned to Australia on 3 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 4210 Private (Pte) John Thomas Hall. A labourer from Whittlesea, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Hall embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 7th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT D
Studio portrait of 4321 Private (Pte) Sidney Rowland Tivey. A clerk from North Fitzroy, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Tivey embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 5th Battalion from Melbourne on H
Studio portrait of T Stanley, probably 1056 Private (Pte) Thomas Stanley. a 22 year old farmer from Harrow, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Stanley embarked with C Company, 38th Battalion from Melbo
Studio portrait of 4209 Private (Pte) David Francis Freeman. A driver from South Melbourne, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Freeman embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 8th Battalion from Melbourn
Studio portrait of Stevens, probably3614 Private (Pte) Cyril Gordon Stevens. A printer from Bendigo, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Stevens embarked with the 8th Reinforcements, 21st Battalion from
Studio portrait of D McDonald and an unidentified solder (positions unknown). This is either 5959 Private (Pte) Donald McDonald or 2700 Pte Donald McDonald. 5959 Pte McDonald was a 28 year explosives
