Studio portrait of 1768 Private Ernest Thomas Lakey, 3rd Battalion of Granville, NSW. Prior to ...

Accession Number P08624.178
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 1768 Private Ernest Thomas Lakey, 3rd Battalion of Granville, NSW. Prior to enlisting, he was a railway employee. He was killed in action at Gallipoli, Turkey, on 7 August 1915, aged 19. Post war his grave was not located and he is remembered with honour in the Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey.