Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives

Accession Number DA09950
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

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

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.

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