The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 5799 Acting Corporal (A/Cpl) Robert John Josiah (Snowy) Clowe. A skin classer from Newmarket, Victoria prior to enlistment, A/Cpl Clowe embarked with the rank of Acting Sergeant with the 18th Reinforcements, 7th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Ayrshire on 3 July 1916. He later reverted to the ranks and on 20 February 1917, aged 25, he was killed by shell fire and was buried at Bazentin-le-Petit. Following the Armistice his remains could not be recovered and he is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. His brother 478 Pte (later Lieutenant) Clarence Peter Clowe also served with the 7th Battalion and returned to Australia on special leave on 23 October 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.
Studio portrait of 5730 Private (Pte) Charles George Mitchell, 8th Battalion. A labourer from Bruthen, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Mitchell embarked with the 18th Reinforcements from Melbourne o
Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant (2ndLt) Wynnum Groom McDonald Hennessey. 2ndLt Hennessey who gave his occupation as “gentleman”, embarked with the rank of Acting Lieutenant with the12th Reinforc
Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant (2ndLt) Wynnum Groom McDonald Hennessey. 2ndLt Hennessey who gave his occupation as “gentleman”, embarked with the rank of Acting Lieutenant with the12th Reinforc
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 Acting Corporal (A/Cpl) Thomas Cleveland Cook, A soft goods salesman from Coburg, Victoria prior to enlistment, A/Cpl Cook had previously been rejected as he was suffering from a he
Studio portrait of 5239 Acting Corporal (A/Cpl) Charles Walter Williams, 7th Battalion. A labourer from Gunbower, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Williams embarked with the 16th Reinforcements from
