Studio portrait of 4547 Private (Pte) Albert Edward Porter, 3rd Battalion, of Newport, NSW. A ...

Studio portrait of 4547 Private (Pte) Albert Edward Porter, 3rd Battalion, of Newport, NSW. A labourer prior to enlistment, Pte Porter embarked with the 14th Reinforcements from Sydney on RMS Osterley on 15 January 1916. He was killed in action at Pozieres, France, on 22 July 1916, aged 19. He has no known grave and is commemorated at the Australian War Memorial at Villers Bretonneux France. Pte Albert Edward Porter had four brothers who served in the AIF. 4546A Pte Sidney George Porter, 53rd Battalion, was killed in action in Polygon Wood, Belgium, on 24 September 1917. 1013 Pte William James Porter, 13th Battalion, was killed in action at Hill 60, Gallipoli on 22 August 1915. 3454 Sergeant Robert Daniel Porter MM, 1st Battalion, and 4544 Pte Carl Horwood Porter, 3rd Battalion, survived the war. Privates Sidney and Carl Porter enlisted with Pte Albert Porter and embarked on the same ship. The latter had four sons who served in the Second World War, one of whom was 412681 Flying Officer Sydney Larner Porter, 23 Squadron RAAF, who was accidentally killed flying off the coast of Queensland near Horne Island on 4 May 1944.