Studio portrait of 5348 Private (Pte) Hurtle Norman Hallett, 26th Battalion from Dalby, ...

Accession Number A00606
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Date made c February 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 5348 Private (Pte) Hurtle Norman Hallett, 26th Battalion from Dalby, Queensland. A 19 year old labourer prior to enlisting on 10 February 1916, he embarked for overseas with the 14th Reinforcements from Brisbane aboard HMAT Itonus (A50) on 8 August 1916. Pte Hurtle was killed in action at Noreuil, France on 22 April 1917 and is buried in the Noreuil Australian Cemetery. His brother 5355 Pte William George Hallett enlisted a week later and embarked with Norman and then arrived back in Australia on 7 September 1919. [See also images H02262, H02262A and H06572.]