Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives

Accession Number DA09932
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 August 1915
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 3005 Private (Pte) Charles William Barclay, 10th Reinforcements, 5th Battalion, of "The Patch" via Belgrave, Vic. Pte Barclay enlisted on 12 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Osterley on 29 September 1915. He died on 3 August 1916 at Boulogne, France, of wounds he received at Fleurbaix, France, whilst serving with the 59th Battalion.

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