Accession Number | DA09439 |
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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 2199 Private (Pte) Norman Frederick Lindhe, 6th Reinforcements, 6th Battalion, of Swan Hill, Vic. Pte Lindhe enlisted on 17 April 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Wandilla on 17 June 1915. He was later promoted to Lance Corporal and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) on 17 April 1917. He was killed in action at Flanders in Belgium on 30 October 1917.