c. 1917. A portrait of 1718 Private Albert Bland Chappell, 1st Battalion, Australian Machine Gun ...

Place Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Amiens Harbonnieres Area, Harbonnieres
Accession Number P01920.025
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

c. 1917. A portrait of 1718 Private Albert Bland Chappell, 1st Battalion, Australian Machine Gun Corps. Private Chappell was killed in action on 1918-08-25, aged 25. He is buried in the Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, France. This portrait is taken from a composite photograph presented to the Abermain RSL by the ladies of the Abermain Comforts Fund. The composite photograph comprises portraits of the twenty five servicemen from Abermain who lost their lives in the war of 1914-1918 (Australian War Memorial negative number P01920.001). (Donor, Abermain Sub-Branch Returned and Services League)