Studio portrait of 778 Private (Pte) David Mancel Davies. A blacksmith from Eaglehawk, Victoria, ...

Accession Number P10936.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital file TIFF
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1914 - 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 778 Private (Pte) David Mancel Davies. A blacksmith from Eaglehawk, Victoria, he embarked from Melbourne aboard the HMAT Hororata (A20) with the 7th Infantry Battalion on 19 October 1914. Pte Davies was killed in action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. He was 22 years old.