Studio portrait of 2463 Private (Pte) Reginald John Sanders, 4th Reinforcements, 1st Australian ...

Accession Number P05914.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales
Date made c March 1916
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 2463 Private (Pte) Reginald John Sanders, 4th Reinforcements, 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion, of Upper Eungai, NSW, (seated, left), and 2464 Pte Leonard Gordon Emerton, 1st Pioneer Battalion, of Cundletown, NSW. A labourer prior to enlistment, Pte Sanders was killed in action at Ypres, Belgium, on 9 September 1917. Pte Emerton returned to Australia on 10 April 1919.