Accession Number | P09220.012 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Digital file |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | c 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright unknown |
Studio portrait of 2311 Private (Pte) Harry Gantlett Collins, 32nd Battalion, of Henley Beach, ...
Description
Studio portrait of 2311 Private (Pte) Harry Gantlett Collins, 32nd Battalion, of Henley Beach, SA. An accountant prior to enlisting in October 1915, Pte Collins embarked from Adelaide with the 4th Reinforcements on board RMS Mongolia on 9 March 1916. He was transferred to the 48th Battalion in March 1918 and died in France, of lung disease, on 30 October. Pte Collins was 34 years of age.