Studio portrait of 2661 Private (Pte) George Simmons, 35th Battalion, of Branxton, NSW. Formerly ...

Accession Number P07928.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Cameron Photographer
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Maitland, Australia: New South Wales, Maitland
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 2661 Private (Pte) George Simmons, 35th Battalion, of Branxton, NSW. Formerly a fireman, Pte Simmons enlisted on 4 September 1916 and as a member of the 5th Reinforcements, he embarked from Sydney, NSW, aboard HMAT Ascanius (A11) on 25 October 1916. He served on the Western Front and was killed in action at Passchendaele, Belgium, during the third battle of Ypres on 12 October 1917, aged 32 years.