Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives

Accession Number DA11823
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 2801 Private (Pte) Walter Michael Thorne, 6th Reinforcements, 24th Battalion, of Walhalla, Vic. Pte Thorne enlisted on 17 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ulysses on 27 October 1915. He was killed in action on 18 August 1916 at Villers-Bretonneux, France, whilst serving with the 8th Battalion.

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