| Accession Number | P10464.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Talma Studios [Melbourne] |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | c August 1916 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 2165 Private George Edmund Challis, 46th Battalion
Description
Studio portrait of 2165 Private (Pte) George Edmund Challis, 46th Battalion. A clerk from North Melbourne prior to enlistment, Pte Challis embarked with the 4th Reinforcements from Melbourne aboard HMAT Orontes on 6 August 1916. Whilst serving in France he was reported as missing in action and a later Court of Enquiry established that he had been killed in action at Bullecourt on 11 April 1917, aged 19. Having no known grave, he is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.