Studio portrait in memorial card of 3459 Private (Pte) Carl George Louis Perrott, 50th Battalion ...

Accession Number P09291.003
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital file TIFF
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Studio portrait in memorial card of 3459 Private (Pte) Carl George Louis Perrott, 50th Battalion from Woodville, South Australia. A 20 year old tram conductor prior to enlisting on 20 January 1917, he embarked for overseas with the 9th Reinforcements from Adelaide on 10 February 1917 aboard HMAT Seang Bee. Following further training in England, he joined the 50th Battalion in France in August 1917. Pte Perrott was killed in action at Villers-Bretonneux, France on 25 April 1918 and was buried in the Hangard Communal Cemetery Extension, 5 kilometres south of Villers-Bretonneux.