Studio portrait of 161 Private William George Marshall, 3rd Battalion of Parramatta, NSW. A ...

Accession Number P08624.080
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 161 Private William George Marshall, 3rd Battalion of Parramatta, NSW. A police constable prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard the HMAT Euripides (A14) on 20 October 1914. He was killed in action on 27 April 1915 at the Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Turkey, aged 32. He was buried at Bridges Hill, Gallipoli. Post war, his body was not found and he is remembered with honour on the Lone Pine Memorial, Turkey.