Hand coloured studio portrait of 1645 Private (Pte) Elijah Horton Elliott, 49th Battalion. A ...

Accession Number P08572.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Unknown
Date made c 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

Hand coloured studio portrait of 1645 Private (Pte) Elijah Horton Elliott, 49th Battalion. A farmer from Queensland prior to enlistment, Pte Ellliot embarked with the 2nd Reinforcements from Sydney aboard SS Hawkes Bay on 20 April 1916. He was killed in action in France on 5 April 1917, aged 21.