| Accession Number | A00597 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Glass original half plate negative |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | c April 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 610 Private (Pte) Edwin Forte, 26th Battalion. A labourer for Mount Lomarch, ...
Description
Studio portrait of 610 Private (Pte) Edwin Forte, 26th Battalion. A labourer for Mount Lomarch, Vic prior to enlistment, Pte Forte embarked with A Company from Brisbane on HMAT Ascanius on 24 May 1915. In November 1915 he was awarded the Military Medal "for exceptional energy and pluck as a bomb thrower at Russell Top, Gallipoli". On 2 March 1917 he was killed in action at Lagnicourt, France aged 33, and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux memorial. His brother 3735 Pte Walter Forte also served with the AIF and returned to Australia on 2 March 1919