Studio portrait of 1102 Corporal Charles Dyer, 10th Battalion (later 12th Battalion), of Morgan, ...

Accession Number P08722.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Stump & Co
Place made Australia: South Australia, Adelaide
Date made 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 1102 Corporal Charles Dyer, 10th Battalion (later 12th Battalion), of Morgan, SA. An engineer prior to enlistment, he embarked on 22 December 1914 with the 1st Reinforcements aboard HMAT Themistocles (A37). Later promoted to Sergeant, he served with the 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery. He was killed in action on 26 February 1917, aged 23.