The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 4492 Private (Pte) Abraham Jacob Elson. A farm labourer from Ulverstone, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Elson 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 posted as missing in action. It was later discovered that he had been wounded in the head, neck and left forearm. He was subsequently evacuated to England and, following his recovery, he rejoined his battalion in France and was appointed as Lance Corporal. On 18 October 1917, aged 20, he was killed in action in Belgium and, having no known grave, he is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium. 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 4548 Private (Pte) Kenneth Sutton Mulligan. A postal official from Ulverstone, Tasmania prior to enlistment, Pte Mulligan had been previously rejected as being under age. After succ
Studio portrait of 4498 Private (Pte) Phillip Charles Hugeil Grove. An orchardist from Woodbridge, Tasmania prior to enlistment, Pte Grove embarked with the 14th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion from Me
Studio portrait of 4463 Private (Pte) Oscar Kenneth Corlett. A porter from Austin’s Ferry, Tasmania prior to enlistment, Pte Corlett embarked with the 14th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion from Melbourn
Studio portrait of 4475 Private (Pte) Frederick Roy Cairns. A labourer from Ulverstone, Tasmania prior to enlistment, Pte Cairns embarked with the 14th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion from Melbourne on
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
Studio portrait of 4469 Private (Pte) Thomas Richard Carroll. A labourer from Irishtown, Tasmania prior to enlistment, Pte Carroll embarked along with his brother 4470 Pte Richard Thomas Carroll with
