Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives Accession Number: DA13178

Description

Studio portrait of 2466 Private (Pte) George Stewart Elmore. A farmer from Korrumburra, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Elmore embarked with the 4th Reinforcements, 29th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Anchises on 14 March 1916. He later transferred to the 46th Battalion and was invalided to England suffering from trench feet. After recovering he was promoted to Lance Corporal and was awarded the Military Medal for devotion to duty and courageous work during an enemy attack. He was later wounded in the left leg and evacuated to England. He returned to Australia on 9 March 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