Studio portrait of Lieutenant Charles John Alexander Ramsay, 39th Battalion of Auburn, NSW. A ...

Accession Number P08624.291
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 Lieutenant Charles John Alexander Ramsay, 39th Battalion of Auburn, NSW. A paper ruler prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Benalla (A24) on 9 November 1916. He was killed in action on 1 December 1917 during a night raid in the Messines sector near Warneton, Belgium, aged 33. He is buried in the Berks Cemetery Extension, Belgium.