Accession Number | P08624.164 |
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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 4791 Private Oliver James Harmon, 4th Pioneer Battalion of Granville, NSW. A ...
Description
Studio portrait of 4791 Private Oliver James Harmon, 4th Pioneer Battalion of Granville, NSW. A boiler maker's helper prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Star of England (A 15) on 8 March 1916. He was killed in action at Pozieres, France on 6 August 1916, aged 31. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.