Studio portrait of 1797A Private Edward John Bounds, 34th Battalion

Accession Number P07013.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Toned black & white print
Maker King Studio
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made c 1916
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 1797A Private (Pte) Edward John Bounds, 34th Battalion, of Dundee, NSW. A carter before enlisting in April 1916, Pte Bounds left Australia with the 2nd Reinforcements in September 1916 and arrived in France for service on the Western Front in January 1917. Gassed during the 3rd Division's attack at Messines in June 1917, he was admitted to hospital at Le Harvre before rejoining his unit in August 1917. He was killed by artillery fire during the German attack on Villers-Bretonneux on 4 April 1918, aged 26. Pte Bounds is buried at Crucifix Corner Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux.