| Accession Number | P06557.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Digital print |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Australia: Tasmania |
| Date made | c 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of Monty Edward Button, of Stanley, Tasmania, wearing the regalia of the ...
Description
Studio portrait of Monty Edward Button, of Stanley, Tasmania, wearing the regalia of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF), an altruistic fraternal organisation of which he was a member. He is believed to be a Past Grand or Vice Grand of the IOOF in Tasmania. A miner of Mount Carbine, Queensland, he enlisted in Cairns in August 1916 and embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Ulysses (A38) as 5964 Sapper Edward Button with the December reinforcements of the Tunnelling Companies. He was taken on strength with the 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company in February 1917, and on 6 May 1917, he received gun shot wounds to his legs and he died of these wounds, aged 37.