Accession Number | P08691.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Digital file |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | 1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of 938 Private (Pte) Phillip Edgar Williams, 9th Company Machine Gun Corps, of ...
Description
Studio portrait of 938 Private (Pte) Phillip Edgar Williams, 9th Company Machine Gun Corps, of Mintaro, SA. A labourer prior to enlistment he embarked with the 2nd Reinforcements on HMAT Ballarat (A70) on 12 August 1916. Pte Williams was killed in action at Passchendaele, Belgium on 4 October 1917, aged 20. He has no known grave and his name is recored on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.