The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 4857 Private (Pte) Victor Emmanuel Mather. A labourer from Balaclava, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Mather had previously been rejected due to bad teeth. After successfully enlisting he embarked with the 15th Reinforcements, 6th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Wiltshire on 7 March 1916. Following his arrival in Egypt he transferred to the 4th Division Cyclist Corps where it was determined to be suffering from valvular disease of the heart. He returned to Australia on 22 July 1916 and was discharged. Later attempting to re-enlist on 1 August 1917 he was again declared as medically unfit. 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 3658 Private (Pte) Percy Vooght. Originally from Chagford, England Pte Vooght was a farm labourer from East Brunswick, Victoria and had been previously been rejected due to bad teet
Studio portrait of 2622 Private (Pte) William Duncan. A labourer from North Fitzroy, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Duncan had been previously been rejected due to bad teeth. Following his successf
Studio portrait of 2622 Private (Pte) William Duncan. A labourer from North Fitzroy, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Duncan had been previously been rejected due to bad teeth. Following his successf
Studio portrait of 12256 Private (Pte) William Alfred Cameron. A 22 year old farmer from Tarranyurk Via Dimboola, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Cameron had been previously rejected due to bad teet
Studio portrait of C G Mitchell, possibly 5730 Private (Pte) Charles George Mitchell. A 25 year old labourer from Bruthen, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Mitchell Had initially been rejected due t
Studio portrait of 3868 Private (Pte) Hugh Lennon. A sleeper hewer from Burnley, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Lennon had previously been rejected due to having unsound teeth. Following his succes
