Studio portrait of 705 Private (Pte) Harold William Burn George, 16th Battalion, of Claremont, ...

Accession Number P08993.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Lafayette Studios
Place made Australia: Western Australia, Perth
Date made 28 November 1914
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 705 Private (Pte) Harold William Burn George, 16th Battalion, of Claremont, WA. A clerk prior to enlistment, Pte George embarked with D Company from Melbourne on HMAT Ceramic on 22 December 1914. He was killed in action at Gallipoli on 27 April 1915 and is buried at Quinn's Post Cemetery. He was aged 20.