Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives Accession Number: DA13534

Description

Studio portrait of 2124 Acting Sergeant (A/Sgt) Sydney James Reynolds. A labourer from Hexham, Victoria prior to enlistment, A/Sgt Reynolds embarked with the rank of Private with the 3rd Reinforcements, 29th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Ballarat on 18 February 1916. Later wounded in the arm and leg, he was invalided to England. Following his recovery he re-joined his battalion and was later invalided to England suffering from pneumonia. Again re-joining his battalion he was wounded in the left heel and hand and invalided to England for the third time. Again re-joining his battalion after recovering, he was wounded in the right jaw and invalided to England for the final time. On the same day that the Armistice was declared he transferred to the 58th Battalion and returned to Australia on 8 January 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