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The Darge Collection |
- The AWM has about 11,000
photos taken by the Darge Photographic Co of
Melbourne during the Great War.
- A few are reproduced here for their
interest value.
- The AWM are adding more to their
site all the time
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portrait of 192 Private (Pte)
Frederick Holden Foster, 24th
Battalion, of Murrumbeena, Vic (left), and Pte
Mason. Pte Foster enlisted on 13
March 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Euripides on 8 May
1915. He died of wounds on 9 October 1916 at Gallipoli Peninsula. His
brother, 6012 Pte Angus John
Foster, 6th Battalion, was killed
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portrait of 494 Private (Pte)
William Raymond Bowen, 23rd
Battalion, of Shepparton, Vic. Pte Bowen enlisted on 25 February 1915
and was killed in action on 13 September 1915 at Lone Pine, Gallipoli
Peninsula. |
Studio
portrait probably of 835 Private
(Pte) William Albert Baker, 9th
Australian Light Horse Regiment, of Kangarilla, SA. Pte Baker enlisted
on 13 November 1914 and was killed in action on 28 November 1915 at the
Gallipoli Peninsula. |
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portrait of 445 Private (Pte)
Frank Keighery, 24th Battalion, of
Lang Lang, Vic. Pte Keighery enlisted in 20 March 1915 and embarked
aboard HMAT Euripides on 10 May 1915. He was killed in action on 11
September 1915 at Brown's Dip, near Lone Pine on the Gallipoli
Peninsula. |
Studio
portrait of 501 Private (Pte)
Frederick Stevens, 24th Battalion,
of Princes Hill, Vic. Pte Stevens enlisted on 22 March 1915 and embarked
from Melbourne aboard HMAT Euripides on 8 May 1915. He was killed in
action on 29 November 1915 at Lone Pine, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. |
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portrait of 1196 Private (Pte)
Walter James Webster, 22nd
Battalion, of Mildura, Vic. Pte Webster enlisted on 14 April 1915 and
embarked aboard HMAT Ulysses on 8 May 1915. He was killed in action on
27 November 1915 at Shrapnel Valley, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey |
Studio
portrait of 1540A (later 1540)
Private (Pte) John Lewis Maas,
24th Battalion, of Carisbrook, Vic. Pte Maas enlisted on 14 April 1915
and embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Ceramic on 25 June 1915. He was
killed in action on 29 November 1915 at Lone Pine, Gallipoli Peninsula,
Turkey.
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- Care should be taken before you jump to any conclusions about
uniforms, accoutrements and ranks as shown in these photos.
- Many of the uniforms and accoutrements
appear to have been supplied by the photographer without regard to the
accuracy that we might look for when looking back.
- Most appear to be
without Rising Sun badges on the collar. Very few appear to be wearing
the curved "AUSTRALIA" shoulder title.
- Some appear to be wearing Light Horse
kit on Infantry uniforms.
- Many are holding a swagger stick which is not
appropriate to their rank.
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