Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives Accession Number: DA08971

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Studio portrait of 196 Corporal (Cpl) Oscar Anglesey Jones, 21st Battalion, of North Fitzroy, Vic. Cpl Jones enlisted on 11 March 1915. Later promoted to captain, he was awarded the French bravery medal the Croix de Guerre with Palm and died of wounds received at Bullecourt in France on 3 May 1917 aged 24. Jones was a policeman before the war.

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Accession Number
DA08971
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
c May 1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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