The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 enlisting he embarked along with his brother, 4584 Pte Frank Ernest Smith with the 14th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Warilda on 8 February 1916. He later transferred to the 52nd Battalion where he was wounded in the left arm. After recovering he re-joined his battalion and was awarded the Military Medal for his actions as a runner while under heavy enemy fire. He later transferred to the 51st Battalion and returned to Australia on 10 April 1919. Pte Frank Smith was subsequently promoted to Corporal and returned to Australia 3 May 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 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 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 J H Smith either 2506 Private (Pte) James Henry Smith or 3610 Pte James Henry Smith. 2506 Pte Smith was 19 year old labourer from Smithton, Tasmania prior to enlistment and embarked
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 4563 Private (Pte) Walter Edwin Orpwood. A butcher from Hobart, Tasmania prior to enlistment, Pte Orpwood embarked with the 14th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion from Melbourne on HMA
Studio portrait of 3253 Private (Pte) George Leslie Smith, 22nd Battalion. A labourer from Sale, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Smith embarked with the 7th Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Com
