Accession Number | DA08566 |
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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 4 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 probably of 137 Private (Pte) Cyril Walter Malkin, 38th Battalion, of Underbool, Vic. Pte Malkin enlisted on 29 March 1916 and embarked aboard HMAT Runic on 20 June 1916. On 27 February 1917 he was killed in action at Armentieres in the Lys area of France.