Accession Number | P05301.272 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Photomechanical print |
Maker |
Unknown |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of 593 Private (Pte) William Robert Clive Beasley, 2nd Battalion, of Orange, NSW, ...
Description
Studio portrait of 593 Private (Pte) William Robert Clive Beasley, 2nd Battalion, of Orange, NSW, son of Edwin Ernest and Lettetia Catherine Beasley. A labourer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Suffolk (A23) on 18 October 1914. He was killed in action at Gallipoli, Turkey on 2 May 1915, aged 21. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Lone Pine Memorial, Turkey.