The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 4142 Private (Pte) Herbert Charles Blucher. A labourer from Waterloo, SA prior to enlistment, Pte Blucher embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 6th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Demosthenes on 29 December 1915. He later transferred to the 1st Pioneer Battalion and was admitted to hospital suffering from mumps. Following his recovery he re-joined his unit and was wounded in the leg and foot and evacuated to England. Following his recovery he was appointed as Lance Corporal and temporarily attached to the 21st Machine Gun Company. Subsequently re-joining his unit he was wounded in the left hand and the right knee and admitted to hospital. He again rejoined his battalion and returned to Australia on 28 March 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 4307 Private (Pte) Eugene Shields. An orchardist from Crowlands, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Shields embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 5th Battalion from Melbourne on HMA
Studio portrait of 4314 Private (Pte) George Frederick Glover. A miner from Mt Cameron, Tasmania prior to enlistment, Pte Glover embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion from Melbourne on
Studio portrait of 3618 Private (Pte) Stanley Stuart Sherren (seated) and an unidentified Corporal. A clerk from Rosedale, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Sherren embarked with the 8th Reinforcement
Studio portrait of 4588 Private (Pte) Eric Samuel Speers. A railway porter from St Marys, Tasmania prior to enlistment, Pte Speers embarked with the 14th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion from Melbourne
Studio portrait of 2071 Private (Pte) George Hubert Little. A sawmiller from Boisdale, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Little embarked with the 3rd Reinforcements, 23rd Battalion from Melbourne on H
Studio portrait of 4435 Private (Pte) Lewis Harloc Baker. A baker from Hamilton, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Baker embarked with the 14th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Ba
