Studio portrait of 4291 Private (later Lieutenant) Theophilus William Perry, 1st (later 45th) ...

Accession Number P08624.287
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 4291 Private (later Lieutenant) Theophilus William Perry, 1st (later 45th) Battalion of Auburn, NSW. A wood machinist prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Aeneas (A60) on 20 December 1915. He was killed in action on 5 April 1918 at Dernacourt, France, aged 22. He is buried in the Millencourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France.