Accession Number | P05248.027 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Photomechanical print |
Place made | Australia: Victoria |
Date made | 1914 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant Stanley Robert Close, 8th Battalion of Ballarat East, ...
Description
Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant Stanley Robert Close, 8th Battalion of Ballarat East, Victoria. A school teacher prior to enlisting, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Benalla (A24) on 19 October 1914. On 25 April 1915, he was wounded in action near the Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Turkey and evacuated aboard the transport ship Lutzow where he died of his wounds on 27 April 1915, aged 20. He was buried at sea off Mitylene, Lesbos, Greece and is remembered with honour on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.