Accession Number | DA10888 |
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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 1190 Private (Pte) Matthew Matthews, D Company, 29th Battalion, of Horsham, Vic. Pte Matthews enlisted on 12 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ascanius on 10 November 1915. He later served as a corporal and was killed in action on 29 July 1918 at Morlancourt, France. See also DA10886.