Studio portrait of 3094 Private Eric Moss, 35th Battalion of Petersham, NSW. An electrician ...

Accession Number P08624.362
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 3094 Private Eric Moss, 35th Battalion of Petersham, NSW. An electrician prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Anchises (A68) on 24 January 1917. He was wounded in action near Villers-Bretonneux, France, on 5 April 1918. He died of his wounds at the 5th Casualty Clearing Station, France on 6 April 1918, aged 22. He is buried in the Picquigny British Cemetery, France.