Studio portrait of 1380 Private Arthur Boobbyer Jephcott 18th Battalion of North Sydney, NSW. ...

Accession Number P05301.191
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
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 1380 Private Arthur Boobbyer Jephcott 18th Battalion of North Sydney, NSW. Son of Edward A. and Agnes A. Jephcott, Alcester, Warwickshire, England. An electrical mechanic prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Ceramic (A40) on 25 June 1915. He was killed in action on 4 August 1916 at Pozieres, France, aged 25. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Villers Bretonneux Memorial, France.