Studio portrait of 6516 Private Ernest Frederick Hearne, 2nd Battalion of Granville, NSW. A ...

Accession Number P08624.061
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 6516 Private Ernest Frederick Hearne, 2nd Battalion of Granville, NSW. A navvy prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard the HMAT Ceramic (A40) on 7 October 1916. He was killed in action at Ypres, Belgium on 1 November 1917, aged 20. He is buried in the Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Belgium.