Studio portrait of 1666 Private (Pte) James Johnson Elford, 25th Battalion, of Maryborough, Qld. ...

Accession Number P05301.004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Sydney Mail
Place made Australia: Queensland
Date made c 1915
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 1666 Private (Pte) James Johnson Elford, 25th Battalion, of Maryborough, Qld. A labourer prior to enlisting on 22 May 1915, Pte Elford embarked from Brisbane, Qld, aboard HMAT Aeneas on 29 June 1915. He was killed in action at Pozieres, France on 5 August 1916, aged 26. His brother, 6010 Pte Francis Granville Elford, 15th Battalion, died on 29 April 1917 of wounds received at Bullecourt, France.

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