Studio portrait of 638 Private (Pte) Albert Herculean Augustus Pearce, 40th Battalion. A ...

Accession Number P08263.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital file TIFF
Maker Unknown
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 638 Private (Pte) Albert Herculean Augustus Pearce, 40th Battalion. A builder's labourer of Moonah, Tasmania, prior to enlistment, he embarked with C Company on HMAT Berrima (A35) on 1 July 1916. Pte Pearce was killed in action on 7 January 1917, aged 29 years and buried at Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery Armentieres.