Studio portrait of 1782 Private John Anderson, 4th Battalion of Granville, NSW. A labourer prior ...

Accession Number P08624.131
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 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.