Accession Number | P05248.120 |
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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 This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of 5441 Private (Pte) Francis Henry Sebire, 5th (later 60th) Battalion of Middle ...
Description
Studio portrait of 5441 Private (Pte) Francis Henry Sebire, 5th (later 60th) Battalion of Middle Park, Victoria. A school teacher prior to enlisting, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ayrshire (A33) on 3 July 1916. On 20 November 1916, he was killed in action near Flers, France, aged 26. Pte Scott does not have a marked grave and is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.