Studio portrait of 177 Private (Pte) Philip Claude Smith, 36th Battalion. An engine driver of ...

Accession Number P05899.003
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Unknown
Date made c 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 177 Private (Pte) Philip Claude Smith, 36th Battalion. An engine driver of Penshurst, NSW, he embarked with A Company on HMAT Beltana (A72) on 13 May 1916. He later transferred to the 53rd Battalion. He died of wounds on 28 October 1916 and is buried at Heilly Station Cemetery Mericourt-L'Abbe, France .