Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives Accession Number: DA13112

Description

Studio portrait of 3582 Private (Pte) Leslie Charles Mills. A grocer from Briagolong, Victoria prior to enlistment. Pte Mills embarked with the 8th Reinforcements, 23rd Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Afric on 5 January 1916. He later transferred to the 59th Battalion and was posted as missing in action. A subsequent court of enquiry determined that he had been killed in action on 19 July 1916. Having no known grave he is commemorated on the VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, France.
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

People

• Private Leslie Charles Mills

Rolls

• Mills, Leslie Charles

Conflicts

• First World War, 1914-1918

Last Post Ceremonies

• The Last Post Ceremony commemorating the service of (3582) Private Leslie Charles Mills, 59th Battalion, AIF, First World War 1914-1918