Accession Number | P07183.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Colour - Toned black & white print |
Maker |
Bartletto Studio |
Place made | Australia: Tasmania, Perth |
Date made | c 1914 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 113 Trooper (Tpr) Gresley Tatlock Harper, 10th Light Horse Regiment of ...
Description
Studio portrait of 113 Trooper (Tpr) Gresley Tatlock Harper, 10th Light Horse Regiment of Guildford, WA. A barrister prior to enlistment, Tpr Harper enlisted with his younger brother, 114 Tpr Wilfred Lukin Harper, on 5 October 1914. The men embarked together aboard HMAT Mashobra (A47) on 8 February 1915 from Fremantle. The brothers were both killed in action on Walker's Ridge, Gallipoli on 7 August 1915. Their younger brother, Lieutenant Prescot Henry Harper, survived the war.