Studio portrait of 3001 Private George Alexander Aldworth, 20th (later 56th) Battalion of ...

Accession Number P05301.164
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made Circ 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 3001 Private George Alexander Aldworth, 20th (later 56th) Battalion of Rockdale, NSW. Son of Alfred and Mary Anne Aldworth of Swindon Wiltshire England. A joiner prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Suevic (A29) on 20 December 1915. He was killed in action on 26 July 1916 in France, aged 33. He is buried in Farm Military Cemetery Bois-Grenier, France.