Studio portrait of 4732 Private (Pte) John Livingstone Bennett, 11th Battalion, of Northam, WA. ...

Accession Number P07721.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital print
Maker Unknown
Date made c 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 4732 Private (Pte) John Livingstone Bennett, 11th Battalion, of Northam, WA. A draper prior to enlistment, Pte Bennett embarked from Fremantle on HMAT Ulysses ( A38) on 1 April 1916. He arrived in France on 14 June and was transferred to the 51st Battalion on 23 July. On 15 August 1916 Pte Bennett was killed in action at Mouquet Farm near Pozieres, France. He was 23 years of age.