Accession Number | DA11044 |
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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 October 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 of 5574 Private (Pte) George Austin Ellis, 14th Reinforcements, 1st Field Company Engineers, of Newtown, NSW (originally of Bradford, Yorkshire, England). Pte Ellis enlisted on 20 September 1915 and embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Runic on 20 January 1916. On 9 January 1918 he transferred to the 2nd Field Company Engineers and returned to Australia on 18 October 1919 with the 1st Field Squadron.