Studio portrait of Elizabeth 'Bessie' Eames

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Rylstone
Accession Number AWM2019.345.2
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print, Postcard
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

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Description

Studio portrait of Elizabeth ‘Bessie’ Mary Eames, from Rylstone NSW, aged 6 or 7. Bessie participated in the 'Adopt a Soldier' scheme in 1917 during the First World War. The program linked school children with a serviceman from their local area for correspondence. Bessie corresponded with 3343A Private Robert McGowan, 36th Battalion AIF, until his death on 12 October 1917 in Belgium.