Accession Number | DA09583 |
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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 June 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Description
Studio portrait of 2345 Private (Pte) Raymond Charles Bennett, 7th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion, of Birchip, Vic. Pte Bennett enlisted on 1 May 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Persia on 10 August 1915. He died at sea of wounds on 17 December 1915 at Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey.