Studio portrait of 3375 Private (Pte) Herbert John Irving, 11th Battalion, of Kojonup, WA. A ...

Accession Number P06911.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker The Dease Studio
Place made Australia: Western Australia, Perth
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 3375 Private (Pte) Herbert John Irving, 11th Battalion, of Kojonup, WA. A farmer prior to enlistment, Pte Irving embarked with the 11th Reinforcements from Fremantle on HMAT Ulysses on 2 November 1915. Later promoted to the rank of sergeant, Irving was killed in action on 7 May 1917 in France, aged 24.