Accession Number | P08624.078 |
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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 3663 Private William Marsden, 53rd (later 35th) Battalion of Parramatta, NSW. ...
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.