Collection relating to the service of 1512, 1578, VX55289, V7592, V24239 Charles James (Nobby) Clarke MM DCM, 14th Battalion.

Accession Number P06100.004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Toned black & white print
Maker Van Dyck Studio
Place made Australia: Tasmania, Launceston
Date made 1916
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 476 Private (Pte) Cyril Sydney Peck, 40th Battalion. A farm labourer from St Leonards, Tasmania, prior to enlistment, Pte Peck embarked with B Company from Hobart on HMAT Berrima on 1 July 1916. On 28 October 1918, aged 19, he died of wounds received in action and was buried in the St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France. His brother 4859 Pte Norman John Peck was previously killed in action on 6 April 1917.