Outdoor portrait of Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Henry Arundel, Captain Hammerston and Captain ...

Accession Number P02912.013.004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Unknown
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Outdoor portrait of Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Henry Arundel, Captain Hammerston and Captain Ahearn, all of the 16th Battalion, standing in trench in Ypres. 2nd Lt Arundel was from Westonia, WA, school teacher prior to enlisting, he embarked from Fremantle aboard HMAT Ajana (A31) on 22 December 1915 as 3848 Private Arundel. On 26 September 1917, he was killed in action at Polygon Wood, Belgium, aged 41.