| Accession Number | P07573.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Lafayette Studios |
| Place made | Australia: Western Australia, Perth |
| Date made | Sept - Nov 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 3933 Trooper (Tpr) Malvern Plymton Folland, 1st Anzac Battalion Imperial Camel ...
Description
Studio portrait of 3933 Trooper (Tpr) Malvern Plymton Folland, 1st Anzac Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, of Plympton (East Fremantle), Western Australia. A labourer prior to enlistment on 1 August 1917, Tpr Folland served for 6 weeks in Western Australia with the 10th Light Horse. He was then transferred to the 15th Camel Corps reinforcements on the day of his embarkation from Fremantle aboard HMAT Commonwealth on 9 November 1917. He was killed in action in Palestine on 11 April 1918, aged 21. His brother 4035 Pte Vivian Iceley Folland served with the 48th and 51st Battalions on the Western Front and returned to Australia in 1919.