The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 3801 Acting Sergeant (A/Sgt) Frederick Harrison Capper. A saddler from Preston, Victoria prior to enlistment, A/Sgt Capper had previously had previously served in South Africa with the 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles as indicated by his wearing of the Queen’s South Africa Medal and King’s South Africa Medal ribbons. He embarked with the rank of Private with the 9th Reinforcements, 22nd Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Warilda on 8 February 1916. He was later appointed as Quartermaster Sergeant and was admitted to hospital suffering from a septic right foot. Also suffering from otitis media he returned to Australia on 17 October 1916 and was discharged as medically unfit. 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 DA13450 and DA13714.
Studio portrait of 3801 Acting Sergeant (A/Sgt) Frederick Harrison Capper. A saddler from Preston, Victoria prior to enlistment, A/Sgt Capper had previously had previously served in South Africa with
Studio portrait of 3801 Acting Sergeant (A/Sgt) Frederick Harrison Capper, 9th Reinforcements, 22nd Battalion, of Preston, Vic. A/Sgt Capper enlisted on 16 July 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Warilda i
Studio portrait of 3564 Private (Pte) Ernest Wotton Jordan. A driver from South Oakley, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Jordon was due to embark with the 9th Reinforcements, 22nd Battalion but was a
Studio portrait of Sergeant (Sgt) Thomas Buddle. Originally from Durham, England, Sgt Buddle was a tram signalman from Malvern Victoria and had previously completed 8 years naval service. Due to the f
Studio portrait of 4156 Private (Pte) Henry Alexander Mogdridge. A saddler from Cheltenham, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Mogdridge had been previously been rejected as being under the height requ
Studio portrait of Private (Pte) Thomas Neville Erswell. Originally from Essex, England, Pte Erswell was a waiter from Melbourne, Victoria and had previously been rejected due to heart problems caused