Studio portrait of 5679 Private (Pte) Sydney Cooper, 48th Battalion. A farmer prior to enlisting ...

Accession Number P11254.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital file TIFF
Maker Unknown
Date made 1916-1917
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 5679 Private (Pte) Sydney Cooper, 48th Battalion. A farmer prior to enlisting on 14 April 1916, Pte Cooper embarked for overseas service on 27 June 1916. He was appointed to the rank of Lance Corporal (L Cpl) on 5 January 1917. L Cpl Cooper was killed in action in France on 11 April 1917, aged 22 years old.