Accession Number | DA08559 |
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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 | 5 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 2nd Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Keith Cyril Darlington Dawson, 24th Battalion, of Mentone, Vic. 2nd Lt Dawson served with the 46th Infantry Battalion of the AMF before he enlisted in the AIF on 7 May 1915. On 10 May 1915 he embarked aboard HMAT Euripides. On 26 August 1915 his commission was confirmed and he later served as a Captain before his discharge on 12 February 1918.