Studio portrait of 4101 Pte (later Spr) Alfred Taylor, 18th Battalion (later 4th Field Company ...

Accession Number P05301.270
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Unknown
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 4101 Pte (later Spr) Alfred Taylor, 18th Battalion (later 4th Field Company Engineers), of Redfern, Sydney, NSW, son of Janet Wright, Penrith, England. A carpenter prior to enlisting, he joined the Military Expeditionary Force. at Gallipoli on 3 September 1915. He was killed in action at Pozieres, France on 31 July 1916, aged 26. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.