Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives

Accession Number DA13858
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 3 February 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait probably of Acting Sergeant (A/Sgt) William Lowe, 16th Reinforcements, 6th Battalion, of Yarrawonga, Vic. A/Sgt Lowe enlisted on 17 August 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Suffolk in Melbourne on 1 April 1916. He was awarded a Military Medal on 15 March 1918. He returned to Australia as a sergeant on 12 June 1919.

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