Accession Number | P07116.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | 1914 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait on a commemorative card of 1334 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Harold Thorp, 16th ...
Description
Studio portrait on a commemorative card of 1334 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Harold Thorp, 16th Battalion, of Broken Hill, NSW. A labourer prior to enlistment, L Cpl Thorp embarked with H Company from Melbourne on HMAT Ceramic on 22 December 1914. On 11 April 1917 he was killed in action in France, aged 32. He has no known grave and is commemorated at the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.