Studio portrait of 2666 Private (later Lance Corporal) Edgar William Powell, 2nd Battalion, of ...

Accession Number P05301.170
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 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.