Studio portrait of 3498 Private (later Corporal (Cpl)) Leslie Somerville, 49th Battalion, of ...

Accession Number P05709.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital 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 3498 Private (later Corporal (Cpl)) Leslie Somerville, 49th Battalion, of Mullumbimby, NSW. An 18 year old labourer prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 11th Reinforcements on HMAT Warilda (A69) on 5 October 1915. He died of wounds on 6 May 1918 and is buried in the St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France.