Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives Accession Number: DA17872

Description

Studio portrait of 3361 Private (Pte) Robert Henry Burrows. A labourer from Sunbury, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Burrows had previously been medically discharged. Following his re-enlistment, he embarked with the 9th Reinforcements, 46th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Ascanius on 11 May 1917. Later transferring to the 37th Battalion he was invalided to England suffering from trench fever. He returned to Australia on 16 January 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.

Details

Accession Number
DA17872
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
c 11 May 1917
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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