| Accession Number | P09291.022 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Digital file TIFF |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 2857 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Eric George Padman, 50th Battalion from St Peters, ...
Description
Studio portrait of 2857 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Eric George Padman, 50th Battalion from St Peters, South Australia. A 20 year old student prior to enlisting on 26 April 1916, he embarked for overseas as a Private with the 7th Reinforcements of the 50th Battalion from Adelaide on 6 November 1916 aboard HMAT Afric. Following further training in England, he joined the 50th Battalion in Belgium on 15 July 1917 and was promoted to Lance Corporal on 15 August 1917. He was killed in action at Westhoek Ridge, Belgium on 27 September 1917 and buried in the Aeroplane Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium. His brother, 6891 Private Clarence Swann Padman, 8th Company Australian Machine Gun Corps was killed in action in France on 29 November 1916.