Accession Number | P07788.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Thelma Duryea |
Place made | Australia: South Australia, Adelaide |
Date made | 1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of 3117 Private (Pte) John Cyril Barrett, 50th Battalion, of Mount Cooper, SA. A ...
Description
Studio portrait of 3117 Private (Pte) John Cyril Barrett, 50th Battalion, of Mount Cooper, SA. A farmer prior to enlistement, Pte Barrett embarked with the 8th Reinforcements from Adelaide on HMAT Berrima on 16 December 1916. On 27 September 1917 he was killed in action in Belgium, aged 25. He has no known grave and is commemorated at the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.