Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives

Accession Number DA09391
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Darge Photographic Company
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Broadmeadows
Date made c June 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

Studio portrait of 1723 Private (Pte) Gerald Walshe Howling, 2nd Reinforcements, 23rd Battalion, of Geelong, Vic. Pte Howling enlisted on 20 May 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Demosthenes on 16 July 1915. He died of wounds received at Vignacourt, France, on 23 May 1918. Pte Howling's younger brother, 635 Pte Frank Walsh Howling, 24th Battalion, also served overseas and returned to Australia on 15 February 1918.

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