Accession Number | P05024.002 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | 1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 3487A Private (Pte) Cyril John Bourne, 9th Reinforcements, 53rd Battalion, of ...
Description
Studio portrait of 3487A Private (Pte) Cyril John Bourne, 9th Reinforcements, 53rd Battalion, of Granville, NSW. A carpenter prior to enlisting on 20 November 1916, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Anchises on 24 January 1917. Pte Bourne received a shrapnel wound to the head and died on 29 September 1917 in Belgium, aged 23 years.