Studio portrait of 3773 Private (later Lance Corporal) Albert Alexander Howard, 12th ...

Accession Number P08618.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Richards & Co
Place made Australia: Victoria, Ballarat
Date made c August 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 3773 Private (later Lance Corporal) Albert Alexander Howard, 12th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion, of Ballarat, Vic. A labourer prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 12th Reinforcements on HMAT Ceramic (A40) on 23 November 1915. He later transferred to the 12th Light Trench Mortar Battery. He was killed in action on 5 April 1918. He has no known grave and his name is recorded on the Villers Bretonneux Memorial, France.