Studio portrait of 593 Private (Pte) William Robert Clive Beasley, 2nd Battalion, of Orange, NSW, ...

Accession Number P05301.272
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 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.