Accession Number | DA10635 |
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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 September 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 2815 Private (Pte) Horace Gordon Heather, 9th Reinforcements, 7th Battalion, of Melbourne, Vic, aged 20. Pte Heather enlisted on 28 June 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Star of Victoria on 10 September 1915. He was killed in action on 19 July 1915 at Fleurbaix, France, whilst serving with the 60th Battalion.