Accession Number | P10721.002 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Digital file |
Maker |
Stephens |
Place made | Australia: Queensland, Toowoomba |
Date made | 1911-1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of Malcolm James Walter Hamilton, a grazier from Banana, Queensland. In February ...
Description
Studio portrait of Malcolm James Walter Hamilton, a grazier from Banana, Queensland. In February 1916 he enlisted as 1927 Private (Pte) Hamilton with the 41st Battalion. Pte Hamilton had reached the rank of sergeant before he was killed in action near Messines, Belgium on 3 August 1917, aged 25. The battalion suffered 25 casualties that day, whilst beating off two counter attacks by the enemy.