Accession Number | P07013.001 |
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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 This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of 1797A Private Edward John Bounds, 34th Battalion
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.