Studio portrait of 750 Private Edward Owen Edwards, 36th Battalion of Smithfield, NSW. A drover ...

Accession Number P08624.446
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 750 Private Edward Owen Edwards, 36th Battalion of Smithfield, NSW. A drover prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Beltana (A72) on 31 May 1916. On 20 December 1917, he was killed in action at Armentieres, France, aged 19. He is buried in the Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France.