Accession Number | P08624.326 |
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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 1921 Private Samuel Russell Bycroft, 4th Battalion of Lidcombe, NSW. A ...
Description
Studio portrait of 1921 Private Samuel Russell Bycroft, 4th Battalion of Lidcombe, NSW. A labourer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Kyarra (A55) on 13 April 1915. On 6 August 1915, he was killed in action at Gallipoli, Turkey, aged 29. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.