Studio portrait of 4070 Private (Pte) George Scrivener, 11th Battalion, of Gippsland, Vic. A mill ...

Accession Number P08883.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital print
Maker Unknown
Date made 1915
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 4070 Private (Pte) George Scrivener, 11th Battalion, of Gippsland, Vic. A mill hand prior to enlistment he embarked from Fremantle, WA, with the 12th Reinforcements on board RMS Mongolia on 22 November. Pte Scrivener was killed in action in Belgium on 20 of September 1917, aged 27. He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.