Studio portrait of 617 Corporal William Alexander Martin 20th Battalion, of Brisbane, Qld. Son ...

Accession Number P05301.120
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: Queensland, Brisbane, Australia: Queensland, Brisbane
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 617 Corporal William Alexander Martin 20th Battalion, of Brisbane, Qld. Son of William Alexander Martin and Annie Martin, of Denman, NSW. A traveller prior to enlisting. he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Berrima (A35) on 25 June 1915. He was killed in action on 5 May 1916 in France, aged 34. He is buried in Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, France..