| Accession Number | P05301.243 |
|---|---|
| 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
|
Studio portrait of 2021 Private (later Lance-Corporal) Ernest Walter Hayes, 31st (later 47th) ...
Description
Studio portrait of 2021 Private (later Lance-Corporal) Ernest Walter Hayes, 31st (later 47th) Battalion, of Linfield, NSW. Son of Ernest George and Kathleen Hayes, of Colonial Treasury, Sydney, NSW. A university student prior to enlisting, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ballarat (A70) on 9 August 1915. He died on 2 September 1916 at the 2/1st South Midlands Field Ambulance Station, Warloy, France, of wounds received in action, on 1 September 1916, aged 20. He is buried in the Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, east of Amiens, France.