Accession Number | P04913.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | c1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 3142 Private Cyril Elliott, 55th Battalion. A railway fireman of Yass, NSW, he ...
Description
Studio portrait of 3142 Private Cyril Elliott, 55th Battalion. A railway fireman of Yass, NSW, he enlisted on 4 October 1916 and sailed with the 8th Reinforcements aboard HMAT Suevic on 11 November 1916. He was transferred to the 35th Battalion and was killed in action in Belgium on 5 October 1917. He is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.