The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 4917 Private (Pte) William Robert Searle. A miner from Wonthaggi, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Searle embarked with the 15th Reinforcements, 6th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Wiltshire on 7 March 1916. He later transferred to the 5th Pioneer Battalion and was invalided to England suffering from myalgia and rheumatic fever. After re-joining his unit he was gassed and again invalided to England. He was still recovering when the Armistice was declared and he returned to Australia on 12 December 1918. 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 4300 Private (Pte) Arthur Roberts. A driver from Ballarat East prior to enlistment, Pte Roberts embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion on HMAT Demosthenes on 29 Decem
Studio portrait of 4894 Private (Pte) John Thomas O’Brien. A labourer from Edenhope, Victoria, prior to enlistment, Pte O’Brien embarked with the 15th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion from Melbourne on
Studio portrait of 4894 Private (Pte) John Thomas O’Brien. A labourer from Edenhope, Victoria, prior to enlistment, Pte O’Brien embarked with the 15th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion from Melbourne on
Studio portrait of 4300 Private (Pte) Arthur Roberts. A driver from Ballarat East prior to enlistment, Pte Roberts embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion on HMAT Demosthenes on 29 Decem
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 4146 Private (Pte) Edward Frank Maggs. Pte Maggs was a painter from Warracknabeal, Victoria prior to enlistment and embarked along with his older brother 4145 Pte Frederick Walter M
