| Accession Number | P08120.003 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Guilleminot, R |
| Place made | France |
| Date made | c 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Informal outdoor portrait of 145 Private (Pte) (later Lance Corporal) Hector Leslie Deslandes ...
Description
Informal outdoor portrait of 145 Private (Pte) (later Lance Corporal) Hector Leslie Deslandes (left), 6th Company Machine Gun Company, of Inglewood, Vic; and an unidentified member of another Machine Gun Company. Pte Deslandes was a labourer before enlisting on 3 February 1915. He embarked from Melbourne on 10 May 1915 with A Company, 22nd Battalion. He was killed in action at the age of 23 in Belgium on 9 October 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.