Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives

Accession Number DA09766
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Darge Photographic Company
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Broadmeadows
Date made c 4 August 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 1262 Private (Pte) William James Dedrick, 10th Reinforcements, 8th Light Horse, of Ascot Vale, Vic. Pte Dedrick is wearing sergeant's stripes and may have been appointed as a temporary Sergeant. He embarked aboard HMAT Ballarat in Melbourne on 9 September 1915. He returned to Australia as a member of the 11th Field Artillery Brigade on 4 January 1919.