Studio portrait of 1725 Private George Brown, 4th Replacements, 9th Battalion, of Roma, Qld. He ...

Place Europe: Belgium, Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Messines
Accession Number A00595
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Date made c January 1915
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 1725 Private George Brown, 4th Replacements, 9th Battalion, of Roma, Qld. He enlisted on 22 January 1915. On 25 February he transferred to the 49th Battalion. He was an acting Lance Corporal at the time of his death, killed in action at Messines on 7 June, 1917. An engine driver by trade, he was aged 21 at the time of his death.