The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 4320 Acting Sergeant (A/Sgt) Archibald Gray Thornton. A draper from Moonee Ponds, Victoria prior to enlistment, A/Sgt Thornton embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Afric on 5 January 1916. Later appointed as Lance Corporal he was wounded in the back and evacuated to England. After re-joining his battalion he was wounded in the face and again evacuated to England. He was later promoted to Temporary Corporal and attended the School of Musketry before once again re-joining his unit. Later reverting to the rank of Lance Corporal he was gassed and invalided to England for the third time. He was still suffering from the effects of the gas poisoning when the Armistice was declared and he returned to Australia on 21 December 1918. This is one of a series of photographs taken by the Darge Photographic Company which had a permit 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.See also DA13418.
Studio portrait of 4320 Acting Sergeant (A/Sgt) Archibald Gray Thornton. A draper from Moonee Ponds, Victoria prior to enlistment, A/Sgt Thornton embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion
Studio portrait of 4320 Acting Sergeant (A/Sgt) Archibald Gray Thornton. A draper from Moonee Ponds, Victoria embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Afric on 5 Ja
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
Studio portrait of 4542 Acting Sergeant (A/Sgt) Victor James Miller. A lorry driver from Northcote, Victoria prior t enlistment, A/Sgt Miller embarked with the rank of Acting Lance Corporal with the 1
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 Acting Corporal (A/Cpl) Aubrey Valetta Southwell. A school teacher from Heywood, NSW prior to enlistment, A/Cpl Southwell embarked with the 6th Reinforcements, 24th Battalion from M
