Studio portrait of brothers, 1777 Private (Pte) Vernon Harcourt Little, left, 2nd Battalion, of ...

Accession Number P08232.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Toned black & white print
Maker Crown Studios
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
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 brothers, 1777 Private (Pte) Vernon Harcourt Little, left, 2nd Battalion, of Newtown, NSW and older brother 607 Pte Alfred Leonard Little, 20th Battalion, of Arncliffe, NSW. Pte Vernon Little, a station hand prior to enlisting in January 1915, embarked from Sydney with the 4th Reinforcements onboard HMAT Argyllshire (A8) on 10 April 1915. He was wounded in action at Gallipoli, by a gun shot wound to the foot, in August 1915. In February 1916 he was transferred to the 54th Battalion and in May he was appointed Lance Corporal (L/Cpl). His battalion arrived in France on 29 June 1916 and L/Cpl Little was reported missing in action 19-20 July. For some time it was believed that he was a prisoner of war in Germany. It was not until October 1917 that it was confirmed he had been killed in action on 19 July 1916 at Fleurbaix, France. He was 21 years of age. Pte Alfred Little was a horse driver prior to enlisting in March 1915. He embarked from Sydney on board HMAT Berrima (A35 ) on 25 June 1915. Pte Litttle was at Gallipoli from July to September until he became ill and was transferred to hospital in Egypt. He returned to his unit in November 1915. The battalion arrived in France in March 1916 and Pte Little was wounded in action in July. In August he was admitted to hospital suffering from shell shock. He convalesced in England from September to March 1917 and was transferred to the 62nd Battalion as a Driver. Pte Little was returned to France, and the 20th Battalion, in October 1917. In April 1918, He suffered a gun shot wound to the face and was sent back to England. Pte Alfred Little was returned to Australia in July 1918.