| Accession Number | DA09852 |
|---|---|
| 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 26 August 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Description
Studio portrait of 3147 Private (Pte) William Gregory Sharp, 10th Reinforcements, 8th Battalion, of Corindhap, Vic. Pte Sharp, aged eighteen years, enlisted on 26 July 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Osterley in Melbourne on 29 September 1915. He died of disease in Heliopolis Hospital, Cairo, Egypt, on 23 November 1915.