Studio portrait of 608 Private Harry Clive Jones, 37th Battalion, of Bright, Victoria ...

Accession Number P08099.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Print
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: Victoria
Date made 1916
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 608 Private Harry Clive Jones, 37th Battalion, of Bright, Victoria (originally of Wandiligong). A winchman and engine driver of a dredger prior to enlistment, he was promoted to Lance Corporal. He embarked on HMAT Persic on 3 June 1916. In April 1917 he was promoted to sergeant. Sergeant Jones was killed in action on 8 June 1917, aged 32.