Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives Accession Number: DA09322

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Studio portrait of 1739 Sergeant (Sgt) Maurice Kalman, 2nd Reinforcements, 23rd Battalion, of Fitzroy, Vic. Sgt Kalman enlisted on 19 May 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Demosthenes on 16 July 1915. He died as a result of the torpedoing of the Troopship Southland at 9.51 am on 2 September 1915, in the Aegean Sea, close to the Island of Agistrati.

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Accession Number
DA09322
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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