Accession Number | DA11582 |
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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 3498 Private (Pte) William Somerville Rodgers, 11th Reinforcements, 5th Battalion, of Windsor, Vic. Pte Rodgers enlisted on 26 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Nestor on 11 October 1915. He was killed in action on 2 June 1916 near Fleurbaix, France.