Studio portrait of 2389 Private Edwin Beattie, 47th Battalion, of Coomera, Qld, son of John and ...

Place Europe: United Kingdom, England
Accession Number P05301.100
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Sydney Mail
Place made Australia: Queensland
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 2389 Private Edwin Beattie, 47th Battalion, of Coomera, Qld, son of John and Mary Elizabeth Beattie. A farmer prior to enlisting on 28 March 1916, he embarked from Brisbane, Qld aboard HMAT Seang Choon (A49) on 19 September 1916. He died of sickness on 1 January 1917 in England, aged 23. He is buried in Codford St. Mary (St. Mary) New Churchyard, Wiltshire, UK.