The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 4941 Private (Pte) Frank Eardley Kennedy. An electrician from Bendigo, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Kennedy embarked with the 15th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Ballarat on 18 February 1916. Later suffering from trench feet he was invalided to England. After recovering he re-joined his battalion where he was blown off his feet and rendered unconscious by a shell blast and admitted to hospital suffering from concussion. Following his recovery he re-joined his unit and was hospitalised suffering from influenza. After recovering he continued to serve with his battalion and returned to Australia on 12 May 1919. This is one of a series of photographs taken by the Darge Photographic Company which had a concession 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 3818 Private (Pte) James Johansen. A labourer from Bacchus Marsh, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Johansen embarked with the 12th Reinforcements, 6th Battalion from Melbourne on H
Studio portrait of 4098 Private (Pte) John Docherty and an unidentified soldier (position unknown). Originally from Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland, Pte Docherty was a labourer from Melbourne, Victoria pr
Studio portrait of 4326 Private (Pte) Tracey James Temple. A storeman from Richmond, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Temple embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 8th Battalion from Melbourne on HMA
Studio portrait of 3659 Private (Pte) Bernard Whelan. A labourer from West Geelong, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Whelan embarked with the 8th Reinforcements, 22nd Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT
Studio portrait of 2648 Private (Pte) Ernest Richard Grubb. A plumber from Traralgon, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Grubb embarked with the 6th Reinforcements, 23rd Battalion from Melbourne on HMA
Studio portrait of 4159 Private (Pte) William Banks. Originally from Manchester, England, Pte Banks was a labourer from Heywood, Victoria prior to enlistment and embarked with the 13th Reinforcements,
