Studio portrait of 701 Private William Andrew Anderson, 36th Battalion of Granville, NSW. A ...

Accession Number P08624.132
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 701 Private William Andrew Anderson, 36th Battalion of Granville, NSW. A horse driver prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard the HMAT Beltana (A72) on 13 May 1916. He was killed in action on 12 October 1917 at Passchendaele, Belgium during the Third Battle of Ypres, aged 39. Post war his body was not recovered and he is remembered with honour on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.