Accession Number | DA08427 |
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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 | 26 April 1915 |
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 1155 Private (Pte) Edward James King, 22nd Battalion, of Warracknabeal, Vic. Pte King enlisted on 1 March 1915 and was killed in action on 5 August 1916 at Pozieres in France. His brother, 727 Trooper David Alexander King, 3rd Australian Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, died of wounds on 29 April 1917 in Egypt.