| Accession Number | P09291.298 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Digital print |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | c September 1916 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 2381 Private (Pte) Harold Hartley Hannaford Cameron, 50th Battalion. A ...
Description
Studio portrait of 2381 Private (Pte) Harold Hartley Hannaford Cameron, 50th Battalion. A labourer from Mount Barker, South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 5th Reinforcements from Adelaide on 21 September 1916 aboard HMAT Commonwealth for Plymouth, England. Following training in England he joined his battalion on the Western Front near Albert, France, in mid-December 1916. Pte Cameron was wounded in action on the first occasion near Pozieres and was evacuated to England for treatment and recuperation before rejoining the battalion near Outtersteene in late June 1917. Pte Cameron was wounded in action on a second occasion at Westhoek, Belgium, in late September 1917. He died of these wounds in the 8th General Hospital, Rouen, on 2 October 1917 and is buried in the Bois Guillaume Communal Cemetery Extension, France. He was aged 34 years.