| Accession Number | DA08784 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Glass original half plate negative |
| Maker |
Darge Photographic Company |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Broadmeadows |
| Date made | 13 May 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Description
Studio portrait of either: 771 Private (Pte) Neil Robison Lamborn; or 1130 Pte Bruce Lamborn (brothers), both of the 23rd Battalion, of Auburn, Vic. Pte Neil Lamborn enlisted on 2 March 1915 embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Euripides on 8 May 1915. He returned to Australia on 9 March 1919. Pte Bruce Lamborn, who later served as a corporal, enlisted on 5 March 1915 and was killed in action on 5 September 1917, near Dickebusch, Belgium. Their final unit was listed on the First World War Nominal as the 2nd Australian Medium Trench Mortar Battery.