Accession Number | DA13920 |
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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 4951 Private (Pte) Sydney Vivian Wade, 15th Reinforcements, 8th Battalion, of Ballarat East, Vic. Pte Wade enlisted on 18 December 1915, claiming to be 18 years old. He embarked aboard HMAT Wiltshire in Melbourne on 7 March 1916. He was serving with the 59th Battalion in France when he was wounded in action. He died of wounds at Calais on 26 July 1916, aged 17 years and ten months.