Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives

Studio portrait of two Australian soldiers who have been listed as G W Henderson and C P Mazzocchi. Identified on the left is 3721 Pte Charles Sperandio Mazzocchi, 46th Battalion, a 25 year old public servant from Woodend, Victoria when he enlisted and embarked for overseas on 28 February 1918 with the 10th Reinforcements from Melbourne aboard HMAT Nestor. After serving on the Western Front, Pte Mazzocchi arrived back in Australia on 20 October 1919. [See also image DA18491] On the right is probably 797 Private (Pte) George William Henderson, 6 Machine Gun Company, an 18 year old farmer from Adelaide Lead, Victoria when he enlisted and embarked for overseas with the 15th Reinforcements from Melbourne on 26 November 1917 aboard HMAT Indarra. After serving on the Western Front, Pte Henderson returned to Australia on 10 September 1919. This is one of a series of photographs taken by the Darge Photographic Company which had the concession to take photographs at the Broadmeadows and Seymour army camps during the First World War. In the 1930's, 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.