The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 4519 Private (Pte) George Edward Izard. A farmer from Derby, Tasmania prior to enlistment, Pte Izard 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 wounded in the mouth and invalided to hospital. After re-joining his unit he was wounded in the right tibia and foot and the left leg and thigh and admitted to the 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, On 25 August 1917, aged 21, he succumbed to his wounds and was buried in the Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France. 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 2672 Private (Pte) Clive Lloyd Thomas Jones, 29th Battalion. A labourer from West Geelong, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Jones embarked with the 5th Reinforcements from Melbourn
Studio portrait of 2258 Private (Pte) Stephen Thomas Symons, 57th Battalion. A labourer from Moliagul, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Symons embarked with the 4th Reinforcements from Melbourne on H
Studio portrait of 3664 Private (Pte) Albert Watson and an unidentified soldier (positions unknown). A storekeeper from Garfield, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Watson embarked with the 8th Reinfor
Studio portrait of 2258 Private (Pte) Stephen Thomas Symons, 57th Battalion. A labourer from Moliagul, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Symons embarked with the 4th Reinforcements from Melbourne on H
Studio portrait of 2258 Private (Pte) Stephen Thomas Symons, 57th Battalion (right) and an unidentified soldier. A labourer from Moliagul, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Symons embarked with the 4t
Studio portrait of W Pearce, probably 3112 Private (Pte) William Pearce, 14th Battalion. A labourer from St Kilda, Victoria, Pte Pearce had previously enlisted on 10 April 1914 but had been discharged
