Accession Number | DA09950 |
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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 August 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 1985 Lance Corporal (LCpl) William Andrew Russell, 3rd Reinforcements, 24th Battalion, of Springvale, Vic. LCpl Russell previously served with the Royal Australian Garrison Artillery for three years. He enlisted on 15 June 1915 and embarked as an acting sergeant from Melbourne aboard HMAT Anchises on 26 August 1915. Pte Russell was killed in action on 4 October 1917 at either Passchendaele or Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium.