Studio portrait of 1997 Private (later Lance-Sergeant) Abel Skinner, 25th Battalion of Casino, ...

Accession Number P05301.166
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales
Date made c 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 1997 Private (later Lance-Sergeant) Abel Skinner, 25th Battalion of Casino, NSW. Son of James and Rachel Skinner. A labourer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Brisbane aboard HMAT Kyarra (A55) on 16 August 1915. He was killed in action on 5 November 1916 in France, aged 23. He is buried at Warlencourt British Cemetery, France.