Studio portrait of 3910 Private Walter John St Ledger 13th (later 54th) Battalion of Berala via ...

Accession Number P08624.378
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 3910 Private Walter John St Ledger 13th (later 54th) Battalion of Berala via Lidcombe, NSW. An engine driver prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Ballarat (A70) on 16 December 1916. He was killed in action at Fromelles, France on 19 July 1916, aged 28. He is buried in the Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys, France.