Studio portrait of 2179 Private Albert James Hibbs Edmonds, 35th Battalion, of Blandford, NSW. ...

Accession Number P05301.140
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Australia: New South Wales
Date made 1916
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 2179 Private Albert James Hibbs Edmonds, 35th Battalion, of Blandford, NSW. Son of James H. and Sophia J. Edmonds. A labourer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Anchises (A68) on 24 August 1916. He was killed in action on 29 July 1917 in Belgium, aged 23. He is buried in Bethlehem Farm West Cemetery, Messines, Belgium.