Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives

Accession Number DA10011
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 2882 Private (Pte) Archibald Farquhar Robertson, 9th Reinforcements, 7th Battalion, of Pomona via Wentworth, NSW. Pte Robertson enlisted on 1 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Star of Victoria on 10 September 1915. He was killed in action on 20 July 1916 at Fleurbaix, France while serving with the 57th Battalion.