Accession Number | P07421.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Digital file TIFF |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Australia |
Date made | 1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 6421 Private (Pte) Charles Cephas Coley, 25th Battalion, of Rosewood, Ipswich, ...
Description
Studio portrait of 6421 Private (Pte) Charles Cephas Coley, 25th Battalion, of Rosewood, Ipswich, Qld. A schoolteacher prior to enlistment, Pte Coley embarked with the 18th Reinforcements from Sydney on HMAT Demosthenes on 23 December 1916. On 2 September 1918 he was killed in action at Mont St Quentin, France, aged 19.