| Accession Number | DA13916 |
|---|---|
| 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 5 February 1916 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Description
Studio portrait of 2nd Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Alexander Beatty, 10th Reinforcements, 21st Battalion, of Yackandandah, Vic. 2nd Lt Beatty enlisted on 10 June 1915 and was commissioned on 17 January 1916. He embarked aboard HMAT Wiltshire in Melbourne on 7 March 1916. On 26 August 1916 he was killed in action at Mouquet Farm, France. See also DA13917.
This is one of a series of photographs taken by the Darge Photographic Company which had a concession to take photographs at the Broadmeadows and Seymour army camps during the First World War. In the 1930s, the Australian War Memorial purchased the original glass negatives from Algernon Darge, along with the photographers' notebooks. The notebooks contain brief details, usually a surname or unit name, for each negative.