Accession Number | P09764.001 |
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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
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Studio portrait of 19303 Gunner (later Bombardier (Bdr)) Ronald Edward Jacobson, 25th Battery, ...
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.