Studio portrait of 1813 Private (later Lance Corporal) Thomas Edward Hilder, 20th (later 56th) ...

Accession Number P08624.416
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 1813 Private (later Lance Corporal) Thomas Edward Hilder, 20th (later 56th) Battalion of Ingleburn, NSW. An accountant prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Kanowna (A61) on 19 June 1915. He died of pneumonia at the 6th General Hospital, Rouen, France on 14 November 1916, aged 22. He is buried in the St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France.