| Accession Number | DAAV00006 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Glass original half plate negative |
| Maker |
Darge Photographic Company |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Point Cook |
| Date made | c 9 March 1916 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Description
Portrait of Captain (Capt) W Sheldon, Australian Flying Corps. An officer with the Permanent Forces, Capt William Sheldon enlisted on 6 January 1916. He embarked with A Flight, No. 1 Squadron from Melbourne aboard HMAT Orsova (A67) on 16 March 1916. Promoted to the rank of Major during his service, Sheldon returned to Australia on June 1918. This is one of a series of photographs taken by the Darge Photographic Company which had a concession to take photographs at the Broadmeadows and Seymour army camps during the First World War. In the 1930s, the Australian War Memorial purchased the original glass negatives from Algernon Darge, along with the photographers' notebooks. The notebooks contain brief details, usually a surname or unit name, for each negative. The names are transcribed as they appear in the notebooks.