Studio portrait of 1725 Private James Edward Johnson, 57th Battalion. A labourer of Neerim ...

Accession Number P06099.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Mendelssohn, F B & Company
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 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 1725 Private James Edward Johnson, 57th Battalion. A labourer of Neerim Junction, Victoria prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 2nd Reinforcements on HMAT Euripides on 4 April 1916; he later transferred to the 59th Battalion. After being wounded at Polygon Wood, Belgium, he died of wounds on 27th September 1917, aged 29 years.