Studio portrait of 6712 Private Leslie Brooks Brown, 49th Battalion, of Brisbane, Qld. A bank ...

Accession Number P05413.013
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1916
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 6712 Private Leslie Brooks Brown, 49th Battalion, of Brisbane, Qld. A bank clerk prior to enlistment, he embarked from Brisbane on HMAT Marathon (A74) on 27 October 1916 with the 9th Battalion. He was killed in action near Corbie, France on 10 April 1918, aged 23. He is buried in the La Neuville Communal Cemetery, Corbie, France.