| Accession Number | DA13353 |
|---|---|
| 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 28 December 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Description
Studio portrait of 3525 Private (Pte) Charles Fortune, 23rd Battalion. A native of Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, Pte Fortune was employed as a labourer at Alphington, Vic prior to enlistment. He embarked with the 8th Reinforcements from Melbourne aboard HMAT Afric on 5 January 1916. On 7 August 1916, aged 26, he died of wounds received in action at Pozieres in the Somme area of France and was buried in the Puchevillers British Cemetery, France. This is one of a series of photographs taken by the Darge Photographic Company which had the concession to take photographs at the Broadmeadows and Seymour army camps during the First World War. In the 1930s, the Australian War Memorial purchased the original glass negatives from Algernon Darge, along with the photographers' notebooks. The notebooks contain brief details, usually a surname or unit name, for each negative.