Studio portrait of 3537 Private Leslie James Bugg, 3rd (later 53rd) Battalion of Lidcombe, NSW. ...

Accession Number P08624.325
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 3537 Private Leslie James Bugg, 3rd (later 53rd) Battalion of Lidcombe, NSW. An apprentice (plumber) prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Euripides (A14) on 2 November 1915. On 19 July 1916, he was killed in action at Fromelles, France, aged 24. He is buried in the VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, France.