Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives Accession Number: DA13096

Description

Studio portrait of 4151 Private (Pte) William Alexander Cochrane. An electrician from East Malvern, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Cochrane embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 7th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Demosthenes on 29 December 1915. He was later invalided to England suffering from shell shock. Following his recovery he re-joined his battalion and was promoted to Lance Corporal. Subsequently suffering from trench feet he was again evacuated to England and returned to Australia on 25 January 1919. 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
DA13096
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
c 14 December 1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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