The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 4812 Private (Pte) Alvin Stanley Higgs. A labourer from Mole Creek, Tasmania prior to enlistment, Pte Higgs embarked with the 15th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Ballarat on 19 February 1916. Following his arrival in Egypt he transferred to the Anzac Police and was hospitalized suffering from furunculosis. After recovering he temporarily taken on the strength of the staff of the Anzac Rest Camp, Port Said. Later suffering from a disordered action of the heart, he returned to Australia on 22 December 1918. 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 4509 Private (Pte) Norman Albert Higgins. A trapper from Bothwell, Tasmania prior to enlistment, Pte Higgins embarked with the 14th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion from Melbourne on
Studio portrait of H Brown, possibly 3593 Private (Pte) Harry Brown. A 40 year old shed hand from Gresford, NSW prior to enlistment, Pte Brown embarked with the 32nd Reinforcements, 7th Light Horse Re
See also DA12670.Studio portrait of 1779 Private (Pte) John Hilditch. Originally from Dewsbury, England, Pte Hilditch was a draper from Battery Point, Tasmania prior to enlistment and was initially s
Studio portrait of 1779 Private (Pte) John Hilditch. Originally from Dewsbury, England, Pte Hilditch was a draper from Battery Point, Tasmania prior to enlistment and was initially scheduled to embark
Studio portrait of 1139 Driver (Dvr) Charles Higgs. Originally from Swindon, England, Dvr Higgs was a labourer from Melbourne, Victoria prior to enlistment and embarked with D Company, 29th Battalion
Studio portrait of 3519 Private (Pte) William Stanley Dempsey. A waiter from Melbourne, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Dempsey embarked with the 8th Reinforcements, 23rd Battalion from Melbourne on
