Accession Number | P05413.025 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Photomechanical print |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | c 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 2nd Lieutenant (later Lieutenant) William James Munro Edwards, 1st Australian ...
Description
Studio portrait of 2nd Lieutenant (later Lieutenant) William James Munro Edwards, 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment of Ashfield, NSW. A station manager prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Armadale (A26) on 21 March 1916. He was killed in action near Beersheba, Palestine on 3 November 1917, aged 26. He is buried in the Beersheba War Cemetery, Israel.