Studio portrait of 2304 Private John Lawrence Costello, 30th Battalion, of Scone, NSW. A teacher ...

Place Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Pozieres Area, Pozieres
Accession Number P05301.058
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Sydney Mail
Place made Australia: New South Wales
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 2304 Private John Lawrence Costello, 30th Battalion, of Scone, NSW. A teacher prior to enlisting on 9 October 1915, he embarked from Sydney, NSW, aboard HMAT Orsova on 11 March 1916. He was killed in action on 4 September 1916 at Pozieres, France, aged 39.