Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives

Accession Number DA11164
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 October 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 3279 Private (Pte) James Herbert Clegg, 11th Reinforcements, 6th Battalion, of Wandin, Vic. Pte Clegg enlisted on 12 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Nestor on 11 October 1915. He was killed in action on 2 July 1917 at Pozieres, France, whilst serving with the 46th Battalion, and is memorialised at Underhill Farm Cemetery, Ploegsteert, Belgium. See also DA11531.

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