Studio portrait of 2695 Private Leslie Albert Creed, 9th Battalion of Parramatta, NSW. A ...

Accession Number P08624.034
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Cumberland
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made 1920
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 2695 Private Leslie Albert Creed, 9th Battalion of Parramatta, NSW. A labourer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard the HMAT Kyarra (A55) on 16 August 1915. He was killed in action on 7 May 1917 at Bullecourt, France, aged 33. He was buried nearby but post war his grave was not found. He is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.