Accession Number | P01070.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Film copy negative |
Maker |
The Swiss Studios |
Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
Date made | c 1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 3210 Private (Pte) Charles Thomas Collett MM, B Company, 29th Battalion. Pte ...
Description
Studio portrait of 3210 Private (Pte) Charles Thomas Collett MM, B Company, 29th Battalion. Pte Collett, of Wee Waa, NSW, enlisted on 17 March 1916 and embarked from Melbourne on 4 July 1916 aboard HMAT Berrima. He was awarded the Military Medal on 2 August 1918 for conspicuous gallantry and skillful leadership in action on 28 - 29 July 1918 at Morlancourt. He returned to Australia on 20 June 1919.