Accession Number | P07531.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Digital print |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Australia |
Date made | 1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of 237 Private (Pte) William John Willshire, 11th Machine Gun Company, of Tambo, ...
Description
Studio portrait of 237 Private (Pte) William John Willshire, 11th Machine Gun Company, of Tambo, Qld. A labourer before enlisting in January 1916, Pte Willshire left Australia for England with the 1st Reinforcements in June 1916, and arrived in France for service on the Western Front in November 1916. Pte Willshire was wounded in the spine, neck and abdomen at Messines on 10 June 1917. He was evacuated to the 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station at Steenwerck where he died three days later, aged 32.