Studio portrait of 1278 Private William Edwards, D Company, 39th Battalion (later 37th ...

Accession Number P05779.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Richards & Co
Place made Australia: Victoria, Ballarat
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 1278 Private William Edwards, D Company, 39th Battalion (later 37th Battalion). A tailor of Ballarat, Victoria, prior to enlistment, he embarked on 27 May 1916 on HMAT Ascanius (A11). He was killed in action on 13 July 1917 in Belgium.