Studio portrait of 219 Private (Pte) Victor Stanley Jones. Pte Jones was a member of B Company, ...

Accession Number P05115.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base
Maker Unknown
Date made 1899
Conflict South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 219 Private (Pte) Victor Stanley Jones. Pte Jones was a member of B Company, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry Contingent and traveled to South Africa aboard the SS Cornwall. He was killed in action on 1 January 1900 at Sunnyside, South Africa. He is believed to be the first Australian killed in the Boer War.