Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives

Accession Number DAOD1061
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass copy negative
Maker Darge Photographic Company
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Broadmeadows
Date made c 30 April 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Grave of 23 Sergeant (Sgt) Charles Harold Turner, A Company 5th Battalion AIF. An engineer from Malvern, Vic, Sgt Turner enlisted on 15 August 1914 and embarked for overseas service on board HMAT Orvieto (A3). He died of disease at Mena Hospital, Cairo, Egypt on 12 January 1915 and is buried in the Cairo War Memorial Cemetery. He was 22.