Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives Accession Number: DA13211

Description

Studio portrait of R P Henry probably 4209 Private (Pte) Roy Phillip Henry. A box maker from South Melbourne, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Henry embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 5th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Demosthenes on 29 December 1915. He later joined the 46th Battalion and was invalided to the No 41 Stationary Hospital suffering from bronchial pneumonia. On 26 October 1918, aged 21, he succumbed to his illness and was buried in the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery. 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. See also DA13023.

Details

Accession Number
DA13211
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
c 24 December 1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

Conflicts

Accession DA13211

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