Studio portrait of 971 Private Bertric Edgar Saxon, 19th Battalion, of Newtown, NSW. An ice ...

Place Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Pozieres Area, Pozieres
Accession Number P05301.063
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 971 Private Bertric Edgar Saxon, 19th Battalion, of Newtown, NSW. An ice carter prior to enlisting on 12 February 1915, he embarked from Melbourne, Vic, aboard HMAT Ceramic on 25 June 1915. He was killed in action on 23 August 1916, at Pozieres, France, aged 20.