Accession Number | P05248.085 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Photomechanical print |
Place made | Australia: Victoria |
Date made | 1918 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 63845 Private Clifford Vivian Morrison, 15th General Service Reinforcements of ...
Description
Studio portrait of 63845 Private Clifford Vivian Morrison, 15th General Service Reinforcements of Footscray, Victoria. A school teacher prior to enlisting, he embarked from Adelaide aboard HMAT Boonah (A36) on 22 October 1918. During the voyage to Perth, WA, he contracted pneumonic influenza and died in the quarantine station, Woodmans Point, WA on 15 December 1918, aged 21. He is buried in the Rockingham Cemetery, Western Australia.