Accession Number | DA11462 |
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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 60 Private (Pte) Ernest William Tozer, Regimental Signallers-Headquarters, 31st Battalion, of Nundah, Qld, aged 18 years. Pte Tozer enlisted on 3 September 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Wandilla on 9 November 1915. He later served as a lance corporal. He was killed in action on 19 July 1916 near Fleurbaix, France. His brother, Lieutenant Henry John Tozer MSM, 15th Battalion, also served in the AIF.