Accession Number | P08624.324 |
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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
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Studio portrait of 2406 Private Thomas William Board, 3rd Battalion of Lidcombe, NSW. A packer ...
Description
Studio portrait of 2406 Private Thomas William Board, 3rd Battalion of Lidcombe, NSW. A packer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Orsova (A67) on 14 July 1915. On 22 July 1916, he was killed in action at Pozieres, France, aged 23. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.