Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives Accession Number: DA09241

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Studio portrait of 12315 Private (Pte) James Eric Hemphill, 10th Field Ambulance Brigade, of Camberwell, Vic. Pte Hemphill enlisted on 18 September 1915 and was later promoted to Lance Corporal. He was awarded the Military Medal (MM) on 17 June 1919 for 'gallantry and devotion to duty under heavy enemy fire. He volunteered to bring in some wounded lying in shell holes in no man's land and faced heavy machine gun and artillery fire'. He returned to Australia on 19 August 1919 aboard HMAT Ajana and was discharged on 2 March 1920.

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Accession Number
DA09241
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
c June 1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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