Studio portrait of 6364 Private (Pte) William Henry Brown, 9th Battalion, of Mitchell, Qld. A ...

Place Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Flers
Accession Number A00598
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Date made c May 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 6364 Private (Pte) William Henry Brown, 9th Battalion, of Mitchell, Qld. A labourer prior to enlistment, Pte Brown embarked with the 20th Reinforcements from Brisbane on HMAT Clan McGillivray on 7th September 1916. On 5th January 1917 he was killed in action at Flers and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.