Studio portrait of 6724 Private (Pte) Ernest James Davis, 4th Battalion, of Maclean, NSW. A ...

Accession Number P07316.005
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Print
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales
Date made 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 6724 Private (Pte) Ernest James Davis, 4th Battalion, of Maclean, NSW. A saddler and harness maker prior to enlistment, he embarked, aged 26, with the 22nd Reinforcements on SS Port Nicholson on 8 November 1916. Pte Davis was killed in action on 17 April 1918; he has no known grave and his name is recorded on the Villers Bretonneux Memorial, France.