The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 4599 Private (Pte) Joseph Edward Syme. A farmer from East Melbourne, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Syme embarked with the 14th Reinforcements, 5th battalion form Melbourne on HMAT Themistocles on 28 January 1916. After briefly serving with the 57th Battalion he transferred to the 60th Battalion where he was wounded in the left leg. Due to the severity of his wound he returned to Australia on 9 September 1916 and was medically discharged. 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 4732 Private (Pte) Edmund Alfred Ashley, 5th Battalion. A farmer from Nagambie, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Ashley embarked with the 15th Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT
Studio portrait of 4224 Private (Pte) Stanley Patrick Harwood. A farmer from Woodford, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Harwood embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 8th Battalion from Melbourne on
Studio portrait of 1761 Private (Pte) Francis Robinson, 57th Battalion. A farmer from Lal Lal, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Robinson embarked with the 2nd Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Eu
Studio portrait of 6056 Private (Pte) Arthur George Newman, 5th Battalion. A farmer from Northcote, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Newman embarked with the 19th Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMA
Studio portrait of 3572 Private (Pte) James Stanley Nugent. A farmer from Berringama via Tallangatta, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Nugent embarked with the 8th Reinforcements, 24th Battalion from
Studio portrait of R Robinson probably 4571 Private (Pte) Rowland Robinson. A 20 year old blacksmith’s striker from Allans Flat via Wodonga, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Robinson embarked with th
