| Accession Number | P06176.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Digital file JPEG |
| Date made | c 1916 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 5849 Private (Pte) Thomas William Edmonds of the 28th Battalion. A farmer of ...
Description
Studio portrait of 5849 Private (Pte) Thomas William Edmonds of the 28th Battalion. A farmer of Calcarra, WA and the third child of John and Sarah Edmonds of Toodyay, WA, Thomas Edmonds enlisted in the AIF on 30 April 1916 and left for France as a member of the 16th reinforcements to the 28th Battalion on the troopship Suffok on 9 October 1916. On 2 March 1917 he was wounded in action when his battalion was in action attacking the German held Malt Trench just north of Warlencourt, in Belgium. Pte Edmonds was repatriated to England on 8 March 1917 and transferred to the 1st London General Hospital at Camberwell, were he died of his wounds on 28 April 1917. Pte Edmonds is buried in the Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey.