Studio portrait of 2311 Private (Pte) Harry Gantlett Collins, 32nd Battalion, of Henley Beach, ...

Accession Number P09220.012
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

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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.