Accession Number | P07537.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Digital print |
Place made | Australia: New South Wales |
Date made | c 1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 6857 Private (Pte) David Oxford Jones, 1st Battalion, of Lockhart, NSW. ...
Description
Studio portrait of 6857 Private (Pte) David Oxford Jones, 1st Battalion, of Lockhart, NSW. Formerly a labourer, Pte Jones enlisted on 26 October 1916 and as a member of the 22nd Reinforcements he embarked from Sydney aboard SS Port Nicholson on 8 November 1916. He served on the Western Front and he was killed in action during the second battle of Bullecourt on 5 May 1917.