Studio portrait of 2499 Private (Pte) Cecil James Stewart, 49th Battalion, of Nimbin, NSW. A 21 ...

Accession Number P08074.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital print
Maker Unknown
Date made 1916 - 1918
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 2499 Private (Pte) Cecil James Stewart, 49th Battalion, of Nimbin, NSW. A 21 year old farmer at enlistment, he embarked on 19 September 1916 from Brisbane with the 5th Reinforcements on HMAT Seang Choon. Pte Stewart was killed in action at Dernancourt, France, on 5 April 1918, aged 23.