Studio portrait of 3497 Private (Pte) Leslie George Walker, 8th Battalion, of Leongatha, Vic. A ...

Accession Number P06551.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia
Date made 1915
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 3497 Private (Pte) Leslie George Walker, 8th Battalion, of Leongatha, Vic. A groom prior to enlistment, Pte Walker embarked with the 11th Reinforcements from Melbourne, on HMAT Nestor on 11 October 1915. On 19 July 1916, having previously transferred to the 59th Battalion, he was killed in action in France, aged 23.