The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Melbourne on HMAT Warilda on 8 February 1916. He later transferred to the 52nd Battalion and was appointed Lance Corporal. Subsequently promoted to Corporal he was invalided to England suffering from an abscess on his right thigh. Following his recovery he served with the 42nd Battalion and then the 51st Battalion before returning to Australia on 18 July 1919. He later served in the Second World War as a Corporal with the 30th Garrison Battalion. 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 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 two brothers, 4582 Private (Pte) Harold Ernest Edmond Smith (standing) and 4583 Pte Frank Tennyson Myrvin Smith. The brothers were both labourers from Ferntree, Tasmania prior to en
Studio portrait of 4585 Private (Pte) Ivan Lance Smith. A labourer from Colebrook, Tasmania prior to enlistment, Pte Smith had been previously rejected as having a week chest. After successfully enlis
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 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 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
