Description
Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) William John Maxwell. A traveller from Clifton Hill, Victoria prior to enlistment, 2ndLt Maxwell embarked with the 15th Reinforcements, 5th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Wiltshire on 7 March 1916. Following his arrival in Alexandria he was diagnosed as suffering from a tonsillar infection and debility. He returned to Australia on 5 July 1916 and, suffering from frontal sinusitis, his appointment was terminated on 11 February 1917. 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
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
c 11 January 1916
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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