Studio portrait of 4448 Private Bede Henry Ireland, 19th Battalion, of Mascot, NSW. Son of Henry ...

Accession Number P05301.147
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made 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 4448 Private Bede Henry Ireland, 19th Battalion, of Mascot, NSW. Son of Henry and Florence Emily Ireland. A groom prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Nestor (A71) on 9 April 1916. He was killed in action on 14 November 1916 in France, aged 18. He has no known grave, and is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.