Studio portrait of 2406 Private Thomas William Board, 3rd Battalion of Lidcombe, NSW. A packer ...

Accession Number P08624.324
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 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.