Studio portrait of 2903A Private Cecil William Whitney, 25th (later 9th) Battalion of Parramatta, ...

Accession Number P08624.127
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 2903A Private Cecil William Whitney, 25th (later 9th) Battalion of Parramatta, NSW. A farmer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Brisbane aboard the HMAT Seang Bee (A48) on 21 October 1915. He was killed at Fleurbaix, France on 20 April 1916, when enemy shells struck their billet, aged 33. He is buried in the Rue-du-Bacquerot (13th London) Graveyard, Laventie, France.