Studio portrait of 3264 Private (Pte) Thomas William Pearson, 47th Australian Infantry Battalion. ...

Accession Number P12561.015.001.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Date made 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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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.