| Accession Number | P09136.003 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | 1916-1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of brothers-in-law 563 Acting Corporal (Cpl) Frank Dean Stillwell, 43rd Battalion ...
Description
Studio portrait of brothers-in-law 563 Acting Corporal (Cpl) Frank Dean Stillwell, 43rd Battalion (left) and 678 Driver (Dvr) Charles Thomas Black, 32nd Battalion. Cpl Stillwell, a labourer from Hackham, SA prior to enlistment, embarked with the rank of Private with C Company from Adelaide on HMAT Afric on 9 June 1916. Later reverting to the rank of Private he was Mentioned in Despatches. Following his subsequent promotion to Lance Corporal he was killed in action on 1 September 1918, aged 22, and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. Dvr Black a greengrocer from Hackham, SA prior to enlistment, embarked with the Transport Section from Adelaide on HMAT Katuna on 11 November 1915. On 24 June 1918 he was killed in action, aged 34, and was buried in the Vaux-Sur-Somme Communal Cemetery Extension, France. His remains were later exhumed and re-interred in the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Australian Memorial Cemetery).