| Accession Number | AWM2019.611.1 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | 1914 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 825 Private (Pte) William Pinkerton, 5th Australian Infantry Battalion. Pte ...
Description
Studio portrait of 825 Private (Pte) William Pinkerton, 5th Australian Infantry Battalion. Pte Pinkerton was a skilled horseman and had served previously as a mounted soldier during the Boer War. In August 1914, Pinkerton was one of the first Australians to enlist for service. A labourer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Orvieto (A3) on 21 October 1914. Pte Pinkerton was killed in action, in Gallipoli, on 25 April 1915. He was survived by his wife Annie, his daughters Edith and Thelma, and his son William. Today he is commemorated at Lone Pine Memorial in Turkey, one of nearly 5,000 Australian and New Zealand soldiers who died on Gallipoli and have no known grave. His family was to know more grief during the war, when his brother, Private Walter Pinkerton, was killed in Belgium in October 1917.