Accession Number | P08624.131 |
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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 1782 Private John Anderson, 4th Battalion of Granville, NSW. A labourer prior ...
Description
Studio portrait of 1782 Private John Anderson, 4th Battalion of Granville, NSW. A labourer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard the HMAT Shropshire (A9) on 17 March 1915. He was killed in action on 6 August 1915 at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, Turkey aged 20. Post war his body was not recovered and he is remembered with honour on the Lone Pine Memorial, Turkey.