| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | DA08945 |
| 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 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 913 Private (Pte) Rowland Edward Driscoll, 23rd Battalion with his family. A clerk from St Kilda, Vic prior to enlistment, Pte Driscoll enlisted embarked with C Company from Melbourne on HMAT Euripides on 10 May 1915. He was killed in action on 21 October 1915 at Gallipoli, aged 23, and was originally interred in the Brown's Dip South Cemetery, Anzac. Following the Armistice his remains were exhumed and re-interred in the Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey.