Studio portrait of 4904 Private (Pte) William Taylor, 16th Battalion, of Perth, WA. An engine ...

Accession Number P08355.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Toned black & white print
Maker Smyth, Henry R
Place made United Kingdom
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 4904 Private (Pte) William Taylor, 16th Battalion, of Perth, WA. An engine cleaner prior to enlistment he embarked with the 15th Reinforcements on HMAT Ulysses (A38) on 14 April 1916. Pte Taylor was killed in action on 28 September 1917, aged 25 years. He has no known grave and his name is recorded on the The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 17), Belgium.