Studio portrait of 167 Private Leslie Wright Mazlin, 15th Battalion, of Herberton, Qld. A ...

Accession Number P08652.003
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital print
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1914
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 167 Private Leslie Wright Mazlin, 15th Battalion, of Herberton, Qld. A selector prior to enlisting in October 1914, Pte Mazlin and his brother 168 Pte Norman Henry Mazlin, also 15th Battalion, embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ceramic (A40) on 22 December 1914. Pte Leslie Mazlin was killed in action at Gallipoli on 30 April 1915, aged 21. Pte Henry Mazlin was killed in action at Gallipoli on 8 August 1915, aged 23.