Accession Number | DA13915 |
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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 5 February 1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Description
Studio portrait of 2nd Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Kenneth Henry Brock, 10th Reinforcments, 21st Battalion, of Brighton, Vic. 2nd Lt Brock enlisted on 25 June 1915 and was first commissioned on 17 January 1916. He embarked aboard HMAT Wiltshire in Melbourne on 7 March 1916. On 6 September 1916 he was promoted to lieutenant in the 55th Battalion. On 22 August 1917 he was promoted to captain. He returned to Australia on 2 June 1919.