Accession Number | P05301.170 |
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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
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Studio portrait of 2666 Private (later Lance Corporal) Edgar William Powell, 2nd Battalion, of ...
Description
Studio portrait of 2666 Private (later Lance Corporal) Edgar William Powell, 2nd Battalion, of Katoomba, NSW A bookkeeper prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Runic (A54) on 9 August 1915. L Cpl Powell was killed in action near Zillebeke, Belgium, on 30 September 1916, aged 26. He is buried in Bedford House Cemetery Enclosure No 4 Zillebeke, Belgium.