Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives Accession Number: DA13109

Description

Studio portrait of 3525 Private (Pte) John Fogarty. A labourer from West Footscray, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Fogarty embarked with the 8th Reinforcements, 22nd Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Afric on 5 January 1916. Later transferring to the 5th Pioneer Battalion he was hospitalised suffering from tonsillitis and later pleurisy. He then served with the 5th Field Artillery Brigade firstly as a Gunner and then as a Driver. He then served with the 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column and was re-mustered as a Gunner. He returned to Australia on 22 July 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
DA13109
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
c 22 December 1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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