Accession Number | P08624.175 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Photomechanical print |
Maker |
Cumberland |
Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
Date made | 1920 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 7497 Private Alexander Richardson Kyle, 3rd Battalion of Granville, NSW. An ...
Description
Studio portrait of 7497 Private Alexander Richardson Kyle, 3rd Battalion of Granville, NSW. An Engineer's mechanic prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Euripides (A14) on 31 October 1917. While on patrol, he was killed in action at Bellicourt, France on 18 September 1918 and buried nearby, aged 31. Post war his grave was not located and he is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.