Accession Number | DA12012 |
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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
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Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Description
Studio portrait of 358 Private (Pte) Arthur Joseph Weir, A Company, 29th Battalion, of Nhill, Vic. Pte Weir enlisted on 15 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ascanius on 10 November 1915. He was killed in action 19 July 1916 in France.