Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives

Studio portrait of 11862 Private (Pte) Cecil Charles Rogers, Army Medical Corps. A navvy from Hobart, Tasmania prior to enlistment, Pte Rogers embarked alongside his brother 11861 Pte Henry Alfred Rogers with the General Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Themistocles on 28 July 1916. Later transferring to the 2nd Australian General Hospital and then to the 3rd Field Ambulance he was awarded the Military Medal "For consistent and gallant conduct...although affected by gas poisoning refused to retire and by his great determination and efficient handling of his squad assisted materially in clearing the locality of the wounded." He returned to Australia on 1 July 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 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. See also DA15443.