The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 4760 Private (Pte) John Eric Coxhell. A labourer from Mornington, Victoria prior to enlistment. Pte Coxhell embarked with the 15th Reinforcements, 8th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Wiltshire on 7 March 1916. He later transferred to the 59th Battalion and was wounded in the chest and evacuated to England. Due to the severity of his wound he returned to Australia on 12 November 1916 and was medically discharged. On 19 October 1917 he re-enlisted for home service and was discharged on 25 July 1918 as medically unfit. 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 4760 Private (Pte) William Burnett. Originally from the Shetland Islands, Scotland, Pte Burnett was a marine engineer from Avoca, Victoria prior to enlistment and embarked with the
Studio portrait of 3454 Private (Pte) Hugh Baker. A labourer from Northcote, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Baker embarked with the 8th Reinforcements, 21st Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Demosth
Studio portrait of G J Close, possibly 4085 Private (Pte) George Close. A labourer from Melton, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Close had been previously rejected due to bad teeth. After successfull
Studio portrait of 4089 Private (Pte) George Ambro Dunkley, 23rd Battalion. A driver from Box Hill, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Dunkley embarked with the 10th Reinforcements from Melbourne on HM
Studio portrait of 1708 Private (Pte) Ernest Richard Ferguson, 57th Battalion. A labourer from Buangor, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Ferguson embarked with the 2nd Reinforcements from Melbourne o
Studio portrait of 4732 Private (Pte) Edmund Alfred Ashley, 5th Battalion. A farmer from Nagambie, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Ashley embarked with the 15th Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT
