Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives Accession Number: DA10426

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Studio portrait of 2415 Private (Pte) Adrian Tozer, 5th Reinforcements, 21st Battalion, of Carlton, Vic. Pte Tozer enlisted, aged 18, on 15 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Osterley on 29 September 1915. He returned to Australia on 2 March 1919. Tozer was captured at Mouquet Farm and taken prisoner of war (POW) on 26 August 1916 and was interned at Munster, Friedrichsfeld bei Wesel, Minden and Munster in Westphalia POW camps in Germany. In 1928 he was working on the Great Ocean Road buidling project for returned servicemen.

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Accession Number
DA10426
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
c September 1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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