| Accession Number | P08624.307 |
|---|---|
| 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
|
Studio portrait of 6827 Private Horace John Towers, 14th (later 32nd) Battalion of Stockinbingle, ...
Description
Studio portrait of 6827 Private Horace John Towers, 14th (later 32nd) Battalion of Stockinbingle, NSW. A labourer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard SS Port Napier on 17 November 1917. He died of bronchopneumonia, on 11 November 1918 in the 3rd Australian General Hospital, France, aged 30. He is buried in the Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, France.