| Accession Number | DA10640 |
|---|---|
| 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
|
Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Description
Studio portrait of two soldiers. One is knowns to be 2490 Private (Pte) Ernest Samuel Gordon Myers, 5th Reinforcements, 22nd Battalion, of Rye via Dromana, Vic, aged 24. Pte Myers enlisted on 13 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Osterley on 29 September 1915. He died of wounds on 16 November 1916 at Pozieres, France.