Studio portrait of 16402 Sapper (Spr) Carl Alfred Eliasson, 4th Divisional Signal Company, of ...

Accession Number P07555.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital print
Maker Unknown
Date made c 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 16402 Sapper (Spr) Carl Alfred Eliasson, 4th Divisional Signal Company, of North Fremantle, WA. A telegraphist prior to enlistment, Spr Eliasson embarked on board HMAT Persic (A34) on 29 December 1916 and served on the Western Front. He died in England on 25 October 1918 as a result of wounds received in action at Beugny, France. He was 24 years of age.

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