The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 4545 Private (Pte) William McEwan. Originally from Glasgow, Scotland, Pte McEwan was a cook from Tasmania prior to enlistment and embarked with the 14th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Warilda on 8 February 1916. He later transferred to the 52nd Battalion and was Mentioned in Despatches for his work at Mouquet Farm. Later suffering from trench fever he was invalided to England. Following his recovery he transferred to the Machine Gun Details and was appointed as Temporary Sergeant Cook. He later took the opportunity to marry and he, his wife and two children returned to Australia on 12 July 1919. 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 4539 Private (Pte) Ernest George McIntyre. A labourer from Osterley, Tasmania prior to enlistment, Pte McIntyre embarked with the 14th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion from Melbourne
Studio portrait of 4566 Private (Pte) William Bertie Parker. Originally from Stowbridge, England, Pte Parker was a labourer from Surrey Hills, Victoria prior to enlistment and embarked with the 14th R
Studio portrait of 4444 Private (Pte) Owen Brown. A farmer from Hobart Tasmania prior to enlistment, Pte Brown embarked with the 14th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Warilda on 8
Studio portrait of 4470 Private (Pte) Richard Thomas Carroll. A labourer from Irishtown, Tasmania prior to enlistment, Pte Carroll embarked alongside his cousin 4469 Pte Thomas Richard Carroll with th
Studio portrait of 4549 Private (Pte) Thomas Hildred Munro. A miner from St Helens, Tasmania prior to enlistment, Pte Munro embarked with the 14th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT
Studio portrait of 4521 Private (Pte) Charles William Jarman, A farmer from The Nook, Tasmania prior to enlistment, Pte Jarman embarked along with his younger brother,4522 Pte Maurice Alfred Jarman, w
