The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 HMAT Warilda on 8 February 1916. Later serving briefly with the Anzac Police Corps at Tel-el-Kabir he was hospitalised suffering from dysentery. He subsequently re-joined his battalion in France and was invalided to England suffering from trench fever. While serving in Belgium he was wounded in the right hand and invalided to England. While recovering he was diagnosed as suffering from a disordered action of the heart and he returned to Australia on 20 December 1917 for medical discharge. 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.
Group portrait of T J Higgins, probably 1046 Private (Pte) Thomas James Higgins (position unknown) and an unidentified soldier. A 23 year old labourer from Talbotville, Victoria prior to enlistment, P
Group portrait of T J Higgins, probably 1046 Private (Pte) Thomas James Higgins. A 23 year old labourer from Talbotville, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Higgins embarked with C Company, 37th Battal
Studio portrait of 4575 Private (Pte) Albert Purches. A drover from Euston, NSW prior to enlistment, Pte Purches had previously been rejected due to varicose veins. After successfully enlisting he emb
Studio portrait of 4575 Private (Pte) Albert Purches. A drover from Euston, NSW prior to enlistment, Pte Purches had previously been rejected due to varicose veins. After successfully enlisting he emb
Studio portrait of 4493 Private (Pte) Mervyn William David Gillin. A farm hand from Warrnambool, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Gillin embarked with the 14th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion from Mel
Studio portrait of 3459 Private (Pte) Fred Shirley. Originally from Manchester, England, Pte Shirley was a farm hand from Ascot Vale, Victoria prior to enlistment and embarked with the 9th Reinforceme
