The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Group portrait of 4819 Private (Pte) Percival Claude Harrison (position unknown), 2811 Pte Joseph Grattan Broderick (seated) and an unidentified soldier. A labourer from Glenrowan, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Harrison embarked with the 15th Reinforcements, 6th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Wiltshire on 7 March 1916. He later transferred to the 57th Battalion and was hospitalized suffering from laryngitis. After recovering he transferred to the 15th Machine Gun Company. Subsequently court martialed for disciplinary reasons he was sentenced to six months detention however this was later commuted to 90 days field punishment no2. Later wounded in the back he returned to Australia on 16 July 1917 and was medically discharged. After recovering from his wounds he re-enlisted for home service on 19 March 1918 however he was discharged on 11 May 1918 as his services were no longer required. See DA13659 for details on Pte Broderick. 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 2811 Private (Pte) Joseph Grattan Broderick (also known as Joseph Graham Broderick). A labourer of no fixed address prior to enlistment, Pte Broderick attended the AIF Signal School
SStudio portrait of 4277 Private (Pte) James Harold Hughes. A labourer from Heidelberg, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Hughes embarked with the 15th Reinforcements, 5th Battalion from Melbourne on
Group portrait including J Heffernan (position unknown). This is probably 4960 Private (Pte) John Keyson Heffernan. An iron moulder from Northcote, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Heffernan embarked
Studio portrait of 3594 Private (Pte) Francis Joseph Shevlin. A butcher from Ararat, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Shevlin embarked with the 8th Reinforcements, 3rd Pioneer Battalion from Melbourn
Studio portrait of 4793 Private (Pte) James Dobson. A stonemason from Yarraville, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Dobson embarked with the 15th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT
Studio portrait of 4948 Pte John Troy. A farm worker from Beech Forest, Victoria prior to enlistment Pte Troy had been previously been rejected due to having an insufficient chest measurement. After s
