Studio portrait of 2679 Private Stanley Edmond Lever, 57th Battalion of Carlton, Victoria. A ...

Accession Number P05248.073
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Place made Australia: Victoria
Date made 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 2679 Private Stanley Edmond Lever, 57th Battalion of Carlton, Victoria. A student prior to enlisting, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Nestor (A71) on 2 October 1916. On 24 September 1917, aged 23, he was killed in action on his way to the front line at Glencorse Wood, Belgium, when he was struck by an high explosive shell. He is buried in the Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium.