The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 February 1916. He later transferred to the 52nd Battalion and was invalided to England suffering from trench fever. After recovering he transferred to the 42nd Battalion Details in England before being transferred to the Australian Provost Corps. Later promoted to Extra Regimental 2nd Corporal he 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 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 Battali
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 4475 Private (Pte) Frederick Roy Cairns. A labourer from Ulverstone, Tasmania prior to enlistment, Pte Cairns embarked with the 14th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion from Melbourne on
Studio portrait of 4336 Private (Pte) Frederick Edward William Cotton. A labourer from Swansea, Tasmania prior to enlistment, Pte Cotton embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion from Melb
Studio portrait of 4448 Private (Pte) Albert Leslie Breward. A labourer from Black Sugarloaf, Tasmania prior to enlistment, Pte Breward embarked with the 14th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion from Melbo
