Accession Number | DA10680 |
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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 September 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Description
Studio portrait of 2328 Private (Pte) Francis Andrew Armstrong, 5th Reinforcements, 24th Battalion, of Gippsland, Vic. Pte Armstrong enlisted on 7 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Osterley on 29 September 1915. He returned to Australia on 27 September 1917 as a member of the 59th Battalion.