Accession Number | P10836.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Australia, Australia: Victoria |
Date made | 1914 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Hand coloured studio portrait of 950 Private (Pte) James William Sims, 15th Battalion. Pte Sims, ...
Description
Hand coloured studio portrait of 950 Private (Pte) James William Sims, 15th Battalion. Pte Sims, a farmer from Lismore, NSW, enlisted on 18 September 1914. He saw service at Gallipoli, where he fell ill and was evacuated to Lemnos. He died from enteric fever 24 July 1915, aged 32.