Accession Number | P05301.198 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Photomechanical print |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Australia: New South Wales |
Date made | c 1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 4889 Private Donald Ewen Ross 4th (later 56th) Battalion of Dorrigo, NSW. Son ...
Description
Studio portrait of 4889 Private Donald Ewen Ross 4th (later 56th) Battalion of Dorrigo, NSW. Son of Alexander and Mary Ross, of, Wollongong, NSW. A farmer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Star of England (A15) on 8 March 1916. He was killed in action on 20 July 1916 in France, aged 41. He is buried in Anzac Cemetery Sailly-Sur-La-Lys, France.