Studio portrait of 745 Driver (Dvr) William Hollins (seated left), Ammunition Column, 1st Field ...

Accession Number P07603.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made c January 1915
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 745 Driver (Dvr) William Hollins (seated left), Ammunition Column, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, of Burradoo, NSW, and an unidentified driver who drove the centre horses of Dvr Hollis' team. A dairy farmer prior to enlistment, Dvr Hollis embarked from Sydney on HMAT Argyllshire on 18 October 1914. On 16 May 1915 he died in Egypt, aged 22, of wounds received at Gallipoli .