Hand coloured studio portrait of 950 Private (Pte) James William Sims, 15th Battalion. Pte Sims, ...

Accession Number P10836.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia, Australia: Victoria
Date made 1914
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

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.