Accession Number | DA08316 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Glass original half plate negative |
Maker |
Darge Photographic Company |
Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Broadmeadows |
Date made | c 23 April 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Description
Studio portrait of 366 Private (Pte) James Dafter, 21st Battalion, of Woodend, Vic (left) and 557 Pte William Richard Hutton, 23rd Battalion, of Woodend, Vic (right). Pte Dafter enlisted on 5 January 1915 and returned to Australia on 28 March 1919 with the 24th Battalion. Pte Hutton enlisted on 16 February 1915 and served as a Sergeant before he was killed in action on 24 August 1916 at the Somme in France.