Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives Accession Number: DA13161

Description

Studio portrait of 3556 Private (Pte) Frederick William Jacobs. A drover from Sale, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Jacobs embarked with the 8th Reinforcements, 23rd Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Afric on 5 January 1916. Later transferring to the 58th Battalion he was invalided to England suffering from shell shock and a sprained back. After re-joining his battalion he was wounded in the left foot and again invalided to England. Following his recovery he again re-joined his unit and after experiencing further back problems he was invalided to England for the third time. Following treatment he re-joined his unit and returned to Australia on 12 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.

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Conflicts

• First World War, 1914-1918