| Accession Number | DA09668 |
|---|---|
| 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 7 July 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Description
Studio portrait probably of 975 Private (Pte) Nesbitt Henry (Ned) Lumsden, a horse-breaker and renowned horseman from Mortlake, Victoria (left) and Pte Johnson (unable to further identify). Pte Lumsden appears to be holding a piglet. Pte Lumsden embarked with the 6th Reinforcements, 8th Light Horse, from Melbourne aboard HMAT Uganda on 21 June 1915 and returned to Australia on 29 April 1919. According to his service record, Pte Lumsden was aged forty four years on enlistment. However he had put his age down from his actual age of between 55 and 57. (See DA09666 and DA09667 for other images of Pte Lumsden.) (Other recorded spellings of Pte Lumsden’s first name include Nesbit, Nisbet and Nisbett.)