Accession Number | DA09455 |
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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 June 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Description
Studio portrait probably of 5350 Private (Pte) Charles Wright, 11th Field Ambulance Brigade, of Bathurst, NSW. Pte Wright enlisted on 11 June 1915 and was promoted to a lance corporal on 16 July 1918. He subsequently served with the 11th Field Company Engineers. He was gassed in France on 26 May 1918 and then wounded on 14 June 1918, returning to Australia on 28 February 1919.