The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 4909 Private (Pte) Harold Azlonza Webster. A labourer from Mildura, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Webster embarked with the 15th Reinforcements, 8th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Wiltshire on 7 March 1916. Later transferring to the 57th Battalion he was invalided to England suffering from trench feet. After recovering he transferred to the 5th Australian Division Base Depot in France. Shortly before the Armistice he joined the 15th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery and returned to Australia on 22 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 4739 Private (Pte) Kelsel James Bramley. A farmer from Derby, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Bramley embarked with the 15th Reinforcements, 7th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT W
Studio portrait of 4866 Private (Pte) Ernest Penny. A labourer from North Williamstown, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Penny embarked with the 15th Reinforcements, 8th Battalion from Melbourne on H
Studio portrait of William Collins, probably 4958 Private (Pte) William Collins. Originally from Peckham, England, Pte Collins was a labourer from Melbourne, Victoria and originally embarked with the
Studio portrait probably of R2137 Private (Pte) Charles William Davis. Originally from Morton in Marsh, England, Pte Davis was a 24 year old farm worker from Melbourne, Victoria prior to enlistment an
Studio portrait of 4894 Private (Pte) John Thomas O’Brien. A labourer from Edenhope, Victoria, prior to enlistment, Pte O’Brien embarked with the 15th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion from Melbourne on
Studio portrait of 4894 Private (Pte) John Thomas O’Brien. A labourer from Edenhope, Victoria, prior to enlistment, Pte O’Brien embarked with the 15th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion from Melbourne on
