Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives Accession Number: DA13098

Description

Studio portrait of 4166 Private (Pte) William Richard Cadger. An enameller from Carlton, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Cadger embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 7th Battalion form Melbourne on HMAT Demosthenes on 29 December 1915. Later suffering from shell shock he was invalided to England. Following his recovery he re-joined his battalion and was wounded in the right leg and thigh. After recovering he was briefly attached to the 1st Australian Infantry Brigade Cinema. Subsequently re-joining his battalion both feet were shattered by shell fragments. Due to the severity of his wounds both feet were amputated. He returned to Australia on 23 March 1919 and was medically discharged. 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
DA13098
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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