| Accession Number | P07121.002 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
The Marlborough Post Card |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | 1916 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 30426 Acting Lance Corporal (L Cpl) James Iles, 2 Field Artillery Brigade, of ...
Description
Studio portrait of 30426 Acting Lance Corporal (L Cpl) James Iles, 2 Field Artillery Brigade, of South Yarra, Vic. A salesman before enlisting on 8 June 1916, he embarked from Melbourne as an Acting Sergeant with the 22nd Reinforcements on HMAT Hororata on 23 November 1916. He reverted to his permanent rank of Gunner on 14 June 1917. He was wounded twice in France: on 22 May 1918 he was injured in the ankle, and on 6 October 1918 he was wounded in the thigh and was invalided to the United Kingdom. He embarked for Australia on 10 April 1919. On 2 July 1941, by which time he was living in Black Rock, Vic., and working as a commercial traveller, he enlisted again at Royal Park, Vic., and was given service number V17034. While serving as a Sergeant in the Australian Army Pay Corps, attached to 23 Gunnery Battery, he was accidentally killed in Australia, on 12 December 1944, at the age of 47.