Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives

Accession Number DA13883
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 4 February 1916
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 Aboriginal serviceman, 5243 Private (Pte) George Alexander Terrick, 16th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion, of Healesville, Victoria (Vic). Pte Terrick enlisted on 3 January 1916 and attended signal school at Broadmeadows. He embarked aboard HMAT Anchises in Melbourne on 14 March 1916 and returned to Australia on 19 February 1919. Pte Terrick is also associated with the town of Barham, New South Wales (NSW).