Accession Number | P05301.148 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Photomechanical print |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
Date made | c 1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 4438 Private Archibald White Houston, 17th Battalion, of Campsie, NSW. Son of ...
Description
Studio portrait of 4438 Private Archibald White Houston, 17th Battalion, of Campsie, NSW. Son of Margaret Houston, of Enmore, NSW, and Eugene Macintyre Houston. A clerk prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Nestor (A71) on 9 April 1916. He died of pneumonia on 14 January 1917 in Rouen, France, aged 28. He is buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France.