| Accession Number | P09213.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Colour - Toned black & white print |
| Maker |
Cale, Robin M |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Neutral Bay |
| Date made | 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 653 Private (Pte) James Shade, 14th Machine Gun Company, of Balmain, NSW. A ...
Description
Studio portrait of 653 Private (Pte) James Shade, 14th Machine Gun Company, of Balmain, NSW. A cook and traveller prior to enlistment, Pte Shade embarked with the 11th Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Ascanius (A11) on 11 May 1917. He transferred to the 5th Battalion, Australian Machine Gun Corps and was later killed in action in France on 20 August 1918, aged 36.