Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Laurie Arthur Harris, MC, of the 28th Battalion. Harris ...

Accession Number P04833.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Maker Adamson, Edwin G
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made c1919
Conflict Period 1910-1919
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 Lieutenant (Lt) Laurie Arthur Harris, MC, of the 28th Battalion. Harris enlisted on 18 February 1915, serving with the 27th Battalion. He was then sent to Sandhurst Military College for Officer training. He returned to France as a 2nd Lieutenant with the 28th Battalion and quickly gained the rank of Lieutenant. Lt Harris was awarded the Military Cross on 18 July 1917. He was discharged on 9 January 1919.