Accession Number | P08624.060 |
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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 This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of 169 Private William Arthur Head, 4th Battalion of North Parramatta, NSW. A ...
Description
Studio portrait of 169 Private William Arthur Head, 4th Battalion of North Parramatta, NSW. A hospital attendant prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard the HMAT Euripides (A14) on 20 October 1914. He was killed in action on the Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey on 3 May 1915, aged 25. Post war his body was not recovered. He is remembered with honour on the Lone Pine Memorial, Turkey.