Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives

Studio portrait of C V Heron, believed to be 288 Sergeant Cuthbert Victor Heron, 37th Battalion from East St Kilda, Victoria. A 19 year old bank clerk with previous service in the 55th Infantry (Militia) prior to enlisting in the AIF on 14 March 1916, he embarked for overseas as a Sergeant with A Company from Melbourne on 3 June 1916 aboard HMAT Persic (A34). Following further training in England, he proceeded to France where he joined the 59th Battalion in February 1917. After being promoted to Second Lieutenant, he transferred to the 60th Battalion in early March and was then promoted to Lieutenant (Lt) on 15 July 1917. Lt Heron was slightly wounded in action on 19 February 1918 and then wounded again on 26 April near Villers-Bretonneux, France. After receiving medical treatment in France, he was evacuated to England where he died from his wounds on 27 June 1918. Lt Heron was buried in the Cockham Hill Parish Churchyard, Edenbridge, Kent, UK. [See also image DASEY1937.] 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.