Accession Number | DA09021 |
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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 May 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Description
Studio portrait of Captain (Capt) Hugh Marcell Conran, C Company, 23rd Battalion, seated. Capt Conran was previously a member of Citizens Military Forces (CMF) and was promoted to lieutenant on 30 April 1913. He enlisted in the AIF on 28 April 1915 embarked aboard HMAT Ulysses on 8 May 1915. He was promoted to captain on 24 February 1916 and returned to Australia on 12 November 1916.