The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 13336 Private (Pte) Robert William Pickford. A bank clerk from Buangor, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Pickford embarked with the Special Reinforcements, Army Medical Corps from Melbourne on HMAT Karoola on 7 March 1916. He later served with the 13th Field Ambulance and was invalided to England suffering from general debility. After recovering he re-joined his unit and was again invalided to England, this time suffering from pneumonia. He later transferred to the Machine Gun Details and after the Armistice he was posted to the 4th Machine Gun Battalion. Later granted leave to remain in England to undertake non-military employment, he returned to Australia on 3 September 1919 while suffering from tinnitus. 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 13336 Private (Pte) Robert William Pickford. A bank clerk from Buangor, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Pickford embarked with the Special Reinforcements, Army Medical Corps from
Studio portrait of 4025 Private (Pte) Seymour Harrison wearing corporal’s stripes and may have been temporarily appointed to that rank. A labourer from Porepunkah, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Ha
Studio portrait of 4992 Private (Pte) Charles Richard Campbell. A 21 year old farmer from Ouyen, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Campbell enlisted on 10 July 1915 but did not proceed overseas until
Studio portrait of 3790 Private (Pte) Albert Ernest Haynes. A baker from Prahran, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Haynes embarked with the 12th Reinforcements, 6th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT C
Studio portrait of 4293 Private (Pte) Clarence Sylvester Smith. A gardener from Doncaster, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Smith embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 7th Battalion from Melbourne o
Studio portrait of 4293 Private (Pte) Clarence Sylvester Smith. A gardener from Doncaster, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Smith embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 7th Battalion from Melbourne o
