Accession Number | P06847.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Richards & Co |
Place made | Australia: Victoria, Ballarat |
Date made | 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 3279 Corporal (Cpl) Ernest Angus Brown, 25th Battalion, of Ballarat, Vic. Pte ...
Description
Studio portrait of 3279 Corporal (Cpl) Ernest Angus Brown, 25th Battalion, of Ballarat, Vic. Pte Brown was a bank accountant before enlisting on 6 August 1915. He embarked from Brisbane on HMAT Itonus on 30 December 1915 with the 7th Reinforcements. He was transferred to 9th Battalion on 4 March 1916, and was killed in action in France on 21 August 1916, aged 22.