Accession Number | P08624.035 |
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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
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Studio portrait of 2148 Private Claude Albert Crome, 45th Battalion of Parramatta, NSW. A ...
Description
Studio portrait of 2148 Private Claude Albert Crome, 45th Battalion of Parramatta, NSW. A carpenter prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard the HMAT Wiltshire (A18) on 22 August 1916. He was killed in action on 9 June 1917 at Messines, Belgium, aged 24. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.