Studio portrait of 3663 Private William Marsden, 53rd (later 35th) Battalion of Parramatta, NSW. ...

Accession Number P08624.078
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 3663 Private William Marsden, 53rd (later 35th) Battalion of Parramatta, NSW. A wool piecer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard the HMAT Miltiades (A28) on 2 August 1917. He was killed in action on 4 April 1918 near Villers-Bretonneux, France, aged 21. He is buried in the Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, France.