| Accession Number | P05051.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria |
| Date made | c April 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Group portrait of 1553 Private (Pte) James (Jim) Martin, of Hawthorn, Vic, with his five sisters. ...
Description
Group portrait of 1553 Private (Pte) James (Jim) Martin, of Hawthorn, Vic, with his five sisters. Identified, left to right: Annie, Alice, Millie, James, Ester and Mary. Pte Martin enlisted on 12 April 1915, aged 14 years and 3 months, perhaps the youngest soldier to serve in the Australian forces, and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Berrima on 28 June 1915, with the 1st Reinforcements, 21st Battalion. He died of fever caught in the trenches of Gallipoli on 25 October 1915.