The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 HMAT Warilda on 8 February 1916. He later transferred to the 52nd Battalion and was evacuated to England after receiving a gunshot wound to his right buttock. Following his recovery he rejoined his battalion before transferring to the 50th Battalion. He returned to Australia on 5 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 4521 Private (Pte) Charles William Jarman, A farmer from The Nook, Tasmania prior to enlistment, Pte Jarman embarked along with his younger brother,4522 Pte Maurice Alfred Jarman, w
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
Group portrait including 5041 Private (Pte) Henry Briggs (position unknown). A labourer from Coledale, Tasmania prior to enlistment, Pte Briggs embarked with the 16th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion fr
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 4436 Private (Pte) Leslie Allen and an unidentified soldier (position unknown). A farmer from Taranna, Tasmania prior to enlistment, Pte Allen embarked with the 14th Reinforcements,
Studio portrait of W Reid, probably 4534 Private (Pte) William Reid. A butcher from Irishtown, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Reid embarked with the 14th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion from Melbour
