| Accession Number | P08285.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Digital file TIFF |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Australia |
| Date made | c 1914 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Pre-enlistment studio portrait of the Ewers brothers of Perth, WA. On the left is John K (Keith) ...
Description
Pre-enlistment studio portrait of the Ewers brothers of Perth, WA. On the left is John K (Keith) Ewers. The older brother is 2185 Private (Pte) Donald Ernest Ewers. Pte Ewers, a clerk prior to enlisting in April 1916, embarked from Fremantle on board HMAT Suffolk (A23) on 10 October 1916. After further training in England he was attached to the 12th Battalion and arrived in France on 23 May 1917. Transferred to the 44th Battalion in September 1917, Pte Ewers was seriously wounded in action at Ypres, Belgium, on 6 October 1917. He returned to service in France on 6 March 1918, and on 30 March 1918 he was wounded at Sailly-Le-Sec, the Somme, by a shell explosion. Pte Ewers died of his wounds at No. 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital on 4 April 1918. He was 20 years of age.