Studio portrait of 4326 Private (Pte) George Henry Morris, 32nd Battalion. A farm labourer of ...

Accession Number P07458.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: South Australia, Adelaide
Date made c October 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 4326 Private (Pte) George Henry Morris, 32nd Battalion. A farm labourer of Second Valley, South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 11th Reinforcements from Adelaide on 7 November 1916 aboard HMAT Afric (A19) for Plymouth, England. After training with the 8th Training Battalion he joined his battalion on the Western Front near Bapaume. Pte Morris was killed in action near Warneton, France, on 6 February 1918. He was aged 27 years.