Studio portrait of 1334 Lance Sergeant Ralph Elvas Leyland, 5th Battalion of Colac, Victoria. A ...

Accession Number P05248.077
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

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 1334 Lance Sergeant Ralph Elvas Leyland, 5th Battalion of Colac, Victoria. A school teacher prior to enlisting, he embarked with the 2nd Reinforcements to the 5th Battalion on 5 November 1914. On 1 August 1915, aged 27, he died of illness in the 16th Stationary Hospital, Mudros, Greece. He is buried in the East Mudros Military Cemetery, Greece.