Studio portrait of 4994 Private William Carratt, 30th Battalion of Newcastle, NSW. An apprentice ...

Accession Number P08624.462
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 4994 Private William Carratt, 30th Battalion of Newcastle, NSW. An apprentice fitter prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Marathon (A74) on 10 May 1917. He was killed in action on 28 August 1918 during operations east of Foucaucourt, France, aged 19. He is buried in the Assevillers New British Cemetery, France.