Accession Number | P12561.015.001.002 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | |
Date made | 1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of 3264 Private (Pte) Thomas William Pearson, 47th Australian Infantry Battalion. ...
Description
Studio portrait of 3264 Private (Pte) Thomas William Pearson, 47th Australian Infantry Battalion. A miner prior to enlisting on 21 September 1916, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Demosthenes (A64) on 22 December 1916. Pte Pearson was killed in action, in Belgium, on 20 August 1917. He was 45 years old.