Studio portrait of 5137 Private George Thomas Laman, 2nd Battalion of Lidcombe, NSW. A ...

Accession Number P08624.355
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 5137 Private George Thomas Laman, 2nd Battalion of Lidcombe, NSW. A warehouseman prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Nestor (A71) on 9 April 1916. He was killed in action, on 24 December 1916, at Guedecourt, near Bapaume, France, aged 22. He is buried in the Bancourt British Cemetery, France.