Studio portrait of Private (Pte) 3178 James Mathews, 34th Battalion. A 20 year old bricklayer ...

Accession Number P09258.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1917
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 Private (Pte) 3178 James Mathews, 34th Battalion. A 20 year old bricklayer from Albury, New South Wales, Pte Mathews embarked on HMAT Anchises (A68) on 24 January 1917. He was transferred to the 63rd Battalion on 28 May 1917, and then transferred to the Australian Army Medical Corps on 14 May 1918. Pte Mathews returned to Australia on the 23 July 1919.