Studio portrait of 19303 Gunner (later Bombardier (Bdr)) Ronald Edward Jacobson, 25th Battery, ...

Accession Number P09764.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Unknown
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 19303 Gunner (later Bombardier (Bdr)) Ronald Edward Jacobson, 25th Battery, 7th Brigade Australian Field Artillery, of Balmain, NSW. A labourer prior to enlistment, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Argyllshire (A8) on 11 May 1916. Bdr Jacobson served on the Western Front and was killed in action on 8 August 1918. He was 26 years of age.