Accession Number | DA10038 |
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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 695 Private (Pte) David John Gunn, B Company, 29th Battalion. A farmer of Bridge-Creek via Dalyston, Vic, Pte Gunn enlisted on 28 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ascanius on 10 November 1915. He later served as a corporal and was killed in action on 8 May 1918 at Corbie, France.