The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant (2ndLt) Alexander Beatty. A farmer from Yackandandah, Victoria prior to enlistment, 2ndLt Beatty embarked with 10th Reinforcements, 21st Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Wiltshire on 7 March 1916. He was later placed on the seconded list and was posted as missing in action. It was subsequently determined that he had been killed in action 26 August 1916 in no-man’s land near Pozieres. Following the Armistice his remains were recovered and re-interred in the Pozieres British Cemetery. 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 Second Lieutenant (2ndLt) Alexander Beatty. A farmer from Yackandandah, Victoria prior to enlistment, 2ndLt Beatty embarked with 10th Reinforcements, 21st Battalion from Melbourne o
Group portrait including Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Alexander Beatty (position unknown). A farmer from Yackandandah, Victoria prior to enlistment, 2nd Lt Beatty embarked with the temporary rank of Lie
Studio portrait of 4828 Acting Corporal (A/Cpl) John Henry Maddocks, 8th Battalion (identified in Darge book as J A Maddocks). A clerk from Box Hill, Victoria prior to enlistment, A/Cpl Maddocks embar
Studio portrait of 3868 Private (Pte) Hugh Lennon. A sleeper hewer from Burnley, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Lennon had previously been rejected due to having unsound teeth. Following his succes
Studio portrait of 4864 Private (Pte) William Parsons. A labourer from Shepparton, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Parsons embarked with the 15th Reinforcements, 8th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT
Studio portrait of 3564 Private (Pte) Edward Jesse Lewis. Originally from Wiltshire, England, Pte Lewis was a wagon driver from Alphington, Victoria prior to enlistment and embarked with the 8th Reinf
