Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives Accession Number: DA09567

Description

Studio portrait of 265A Private James Stafford Collins, 2nd Reinforcements, 10th Machine Gun Company, of Wandong, Vic. Pte Collins enlisted on 23 March 1916 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Orontes on 16 August 1916. On 3 October 1916 he was taken on strength by the Details Company, No. 3 Camp Parkhouse and on 1 March 1918 he was appointed as a lance corporal. He received a gun shot wound to the left leg on 28 October 1918 in France and returned to Australia on 20 November 1918 as a member of the 3rd Machine Gun Company.

Details

Accession Number
DA09567
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
c June 1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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Accession DA09567

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