Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives Accession Number: DAAV14346

Description

Portrait of R H Cooper, probably 279 Private (Pte) Richard Henry Cooper, a telegraphist from Kew, Victoria, prior to enlistment. Pte Cooper embarked from Melbourne with C Flight, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, aboard HMAT Orsova (A67) on 16 March 1916. He returned to Australia on 4 March 1919. 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. The names are transcribed as they appear in the notebooks.

Details

Accession Number
DAAV14346
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
c March 1916
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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