Accession Number | P05301.004 |
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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 This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of 1666 Private (Pte) James Johnson Elford, 25th Battalion, of Maryborough, Qld. ...
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.