| Accession Number | P09291.192 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Digital print |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | c 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 13 Corporal (Cpl) Edgar Sydney Emery, seated, and 90 Private (Pte) Horace ...
Description
Studio portrait of 13 Corporal (Cpl) Edgar Sydney Emery, seated, and 90 Private (Pte) Horace Stanley Emery, 32nd Battalion. Cpl Emery, a gardener, and Pte Emery, a motorman, both from Magill, South Australia, embarked from Adelaide aboard HMAT Geelong on 18 November 1915 for Suez. Cpl Emery was appointed Lance Sergeant (L Sgt) in May 1916. Their battalion relocated to the Western Front, France, during June 1916. L Sgt Emery was killed in action on 19 July 1916 during the Battle of Fromelles and is buried in the Rue Petillon Military Cemetery, France. He was aged 20 years. Pte Emery suffered from shell shock in the same action, returned to his unit the next month and continued to serve until the end of hostilities, returning to Adelaide for discharge in June 1919.