Studio portrait of 2926 Sergeant (Sgt) Eric Austen Tate, 20th Battalion, of Kangaroo Valley, NSW. ...

Accession Number P07715.003
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made France
Date made c 1917
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 2926 Sergeant (Sgt) Eric Austen Tate, 20th Battalion, of Kangaroo Valley, NSW. He was a farmer prior to enlistment on 17 August 1915 and embarked on board HMAT Euripides (A14) on 2 November 1915. Pte Tate was promoted to sergeant on 3 August 1917. He was killed in action at Passchendaele, Belgium, on 9 October 1917 when a shell exploded in his dug out. He was 26 years of age.