Outdoor portrait of brothers, Claude Jabez Powter (left), and 4919 Private (Pte) Ernest Lachlan ...

P07480.001
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Accession Number P07480.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales
Date made 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
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Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Outdoor portrait of brothers, Claude Jabez Powter (left), and 4919 Private (Pte) Ernest Lachlan Powter, 1st Battalion, both of Petersham, NSW. A junior clerk prior to enlistment, Pte Ernest Powter embarked with the 15th Reinforcements from Sydney on HMAT Star of England on 8 March 1916. After transferring to the 53rd Battalion, he was killed in action on 1 November 1916 in France, aged 16. His brother Claude enlisted as a gunner with the 36th Australian Heavy Artillery Group and embarked with the 6th Reinforcements from Sydney on HMAT Beltana on 13 May 1916. Gnr Claude Powter was awarded a Distinguished Conduct Medal, gazetted 3 September 1918, and returned to Australia on 27 April 1919.

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