Description
Studio portrait of 4470 Private (Pte) William Gilbert Dalrymple. A farm labourer from Romsey, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Dalrymple embarked with the 14th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Ballarat on 18 February 1916. Later receiving a shrapnel wound to his left shoulder he was evacuated to England. Following his recovery he was reported as missing in action. It was subsequently determined that he had been captured and was being held as a prisoner of war at Friedrichsfeld, Germany. Following the Armistice he was repatriated to England and returned to Australia on 2 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. See also DA13561.
Details
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
c 23 January 1916
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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