Studio portrait of 1939 Pte Percy Charles Davis, 1st Battalion, of Scone, NSW, son of Charles ...

Accession Number P05301.301
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales
Date made c 1915
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 1939 Pte Percy Charles Davis, 1st Battalion, of Scone, NSW, son of Charles Samuel and Isabella Davis. A labourer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Ceramic (A40) on 25 June 1915. He was killed in action on 6 August 1915 at Gallipoli, Turkey, aged 25. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Lone Pine Memorial, Turkey.