Accession Number | DA11270 |
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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 October 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Description
Studio portrait of 3306 Private (Pte) Benjamin (Ben) Duffy, 11th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion, of Whittlesea, Vic. Pte Duffy enlisted on 6 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Nestor on 11 October 1915. he was killed in action on 3 July 1916 in France, and buried at Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier.