Studio portrait of 1907 Private (later Sergeant) Roland Grant Ward, 13th Battalion of Balmain, ...

Accession Number P05413.082
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Unknown
Date made 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 1907 Private (later Sergeant) Roland Grant Ward, 13th Battalion of Balmain, NSW. A bank clerk prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Kyarra (A55) on 13 April 1915. He was killed in action at Gallipoli, Turkey, on 27 August 1915, aged 23. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.