Studio portrait of 1456 Private (Pte) Horace Leslie Carroll, 14th Battalion, of North Ballarat, ...

Accession Number P08728.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Unknown
Date made 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Studio portrait of 1456 Private (Pte) Horace Leslie Carroll, 14th Battalion, of North Ballarat, Vic. A bricklayer prior to enlistment he embarked with the 14th Reinforcements from Melbourne on board HMAT Clan Macgillivray (A46) on 2 February 1915. Pte Carroll was reported missing and killed in action after an engagement at Pozieres, France on 8 August 1916, aged 23. He is buried at the Serre Road Cemetery No. 2, Somme, France.