Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives

Accession Number DA11597
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 3617 Private (Pte) Alec Edward Nicholls, 11th Reinforcements, 15th Battalion, of Longford, Tas. Pte Nicholls enlisted on 17 August 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ulysses on 27 October 1915. He was wounded in action on 13 August 1916 in France. Pte Nicholls attended Officers Training College from 30 May 1917 and returned to Australia as a sergeant on 3 May 1919. See also DA11595.