Studio portrait of 2116 Private (Pte) Albert John Marner, 39th Battalion, of Wirrabars, SA. A ...

Accession Number P08684.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Toned black & white print
Maker Unknown
Date made 1916
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 2116 Private (Pte) Albert John Marner, 39th Battalion, of Wirrabars, SA. A farmer prior to enlistment he embarked with the 3rd Reinforcements on HMAT Achises (A68) on 28 August 1916. Pte Marner was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry in the capture of a German machine gun at Clery sur Somme on 31 August 1918. A few weeks later he was killed in action on 1 October 1918, aged 28.