Accession Number | DA09875 |
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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 August 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Description
Studio portrait of 2729 Private (Pte) Christopher Murphy, 8th Reinforcements, 8th Battalion, of Berringa, Vic. Pte Murphy enlisted on 8 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Makarini on 15 September 1915. He was killed in action on 19 July 1916 in France.