| Accession Number | P05301.177 |
|---|---|
| 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
|
Studio portrait of 1550 Private (later Gunner) Stephen Ellery, 1st Light Horse Regiment (later ...
Description
Studio portrait of 1550 Private (later Gunner) Stephen Ellery, 1st Light Horse Regiment (later 2nd Divisional Heavy and Medium Trench Mortar Battery, Field Artillery Brigade) of Lyndhurst, NSW. Son of Mark Pascoe Ellery and Emily Jane Ellery. A fireman prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard SS Hawkes Bay on 23 October 1915. He was killed in action on 9 August 1916 in France, aged 24. He has no known grave, and is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.