| Accession Number | P06338.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Midland Junction Studio Unknown |
| Date made | November 1916 - June 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 4097 Corporal (later Sergeant (Sgt)) Charles Entwistle Dean, 28th Battalion, ...
Description
Studio portrait of 4097 Corporal (later Sergeant (Sgt)) Charles Entwistle Dean, 28th Battalion, of Midland Junction, WA. Born in Bolton, England, he worked as a clerk before enlisting on 10 January 1916. He embarked from Fremantle as a Private with the 10th Reinforcements on HMAT Ulysses on 1 April 1916. He was appointed Acting Corporal on 18 November 1916, and this rank was made permanent on 24 January 1917. On 4 June 1917 he was appointed Temporary Sergeant. On 12 December 1917 he was hit by shrapnel when German aircraft bombed Aldershot Camp, near Neuve Eglise. He died of his wounds on the same day. He was 24 years old. His brother, 925 Private (Pte) Jack Dean, 32nd Battalion, had been killed in action at Fleurbaix on 19 July 1916.