Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives Accession Number: DA12385

Description

Studio portrait of H B Johnson, probably 3877 Private (Pte) Herbert Bowen Johnston. A 44 year old carpenter from Doncaster East, prior to enlistment, Pte Johnston embarked with the 12th Reinforcements, 5th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Ceramic on 23 November 1915. Later suffering from debility he was evacuated to England and returned to Australia on 25 August 1917 and was medically discharged. This is one of a series of photographs taken by the Darge Photographic Company which had a permit 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
DA12385
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
c 16 November 1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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