The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 4499 Private (Pte) George Cameron Griffiths. Originally from Brecon, Wales, Pte Griffiths was a farmer from St Helens, Tasmania prior to enlistment and embarked with the 14th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Warilda on 8 February 1916. He later transferred to the 52nd Battalion and then to the 13th Machine Gun Company where he was gassed and invalided to England. Following his recovery he joined the 4th Machine Gun Battalion and was promoted to Corporal. He returned to Australia on 13 April 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 4555 Private (Pte) Gordon James Maddox. A farmer from Latrobe, Tasmania prior to enlistment, Pte Maddox embarked with the 14th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT
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 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 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 4592 Private (Pte) Raymond Frank Solomon. A teacher from Longford, Tasmania prior to enlistment Pte Solomon embarked with the 14th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion from Melbourne on H
Studio portrait of 4549 Private (Pte) Thomas Hildred Munro. A miner from St Helens, Tasmania prior to enlistment, Pte Munro embarked with the 14th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT
