Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives Accession Number: DA13168

Description

Group portrait including 3978 Acting Corporal (A/Cpl) William Charles Swetnam (position unknown). A labourer from Tambo Crossing, Victoria prior to enlistment, A/Cpl Swetnam embarked with the 9th Reinforcements, 24th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Warilda on 8 February 1916. Later promoted to Corporal he was hospitalised suffering from severe bronchitis. Due to the severe nature of his illness he returned to Australia on 18 December 1918 and was medically discharged. 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
DA13168
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
c 12 December 1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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