Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives

Studio portrait of, from left to right: 1918 Private (Pte) Adam Leslie Telfer; 1850 Pte William John Haywood; 2189 Pte Arthur Henry Fox, all of the 38th Battalion, and an unidentified serviceman. A labourer from Dimboola, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Telfer embarked with the 2nd Reinforcements from Melbourne on RMS Orontes on 16 August 1916. Later transferring to the 39th Battalion, he developed severe influenza and returned to Australia on 21 December 1918. A farmer from Serviceton, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Haywood also embarked with the 2nd Reinforcements from Melbourne on RMS Orontes on 16 August 1916. Whilst serving on the France he was wounded in action but remained on duty. Later developing bunions on his feet, he returned to Australia on 12 May 1918 and was medically discharged. A farm labourer from Ouyen, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Fox embarked with the 3rd Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Shropshire on 25 September 1918. Whilst serving in France, he was gassed and, still suffering from the effects, returned to Australia on 9 December 1918. This is one of a series of photographs taken by the Darge Photographic Company which had the concession 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. See also DA15847, DA15848 and DA15849.