Studio portrait of 2372 Private (Pte) William George Armstrong, a farmer and former school ...

Accession Number P03939.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Thomas Mathewson Co
Place made Australia: Queensland, Brisbane
Date made c 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 2372 Private (Pte) William George Armstrong, a farmer and former school teacher of Murgon, Qld, who enlisted in the 47th Battalion on 18 April 1916. Pte Armstrong, aged 43, was killed in action on 8 June 1917 during the battle of Messines. He has no known grave; his name is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.